From http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=719803: On July 27, 2007, STJUDE-SRM 1.0 was released. STJUDE-SRM is a laboratory management system designed to support shared resource facility (or core lab) activities. It was designed and developed by the Hartwell Center for Bioinformatics and Biotechnology at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Shared resources supported include DNA synthesis, Peptide synthesis, DNA sequencing, [...]
Archive for July, 2007
10 Jul
My Professional Development Goals for 2007-2008
I posted earlier on my desire to become a better programmer. Well, I’ve since put together a plan of action for the next twelve months. I’ve based some of these goals on suggestions from The Pragmatic Programmer by Andy Hunt and Dave Thomas. Learn Groovy and Grails Andy and Dave suggest learning a new language [...]
9 Jul
On Agile: Why You Won’t Fix It Later
Ryan Cooper writes a brilliant essay on why quick fixes today turn into tomorrow’s code rot. I believe every word of this article. Unfortunately, I’m all too often my own worst enemy when it comes to implementing these ideas. Thanks for the reminder, Ryan! On Agile: Why You Won’t Fix It Later
6 Jul
Graeme Rocher’s Blog: 5 More Misconceptions About Grails
Graeme Rocher, founder of the Grails project, answers five more misconceptions about Groovy/Grails vs. Ruby/Rails. I’ve grown to be quite fond of both of these languages/frameworks; however, given the amount of investment I’ve placed into learning and applying Spring and Hibernate to the applications I’ve developed over the past two years, I have to say [...]
2 Jul
Help me become a better programmer!
I have decided to embark upon a quest to become a better programmer. I would really like to improve my understanding of the computer science that underlies my day-to-day tasks, particularly as it relates to programming language design as well as algorithm design and complexity analysis. I would also like to improve my analytical and [...]
