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Developer. Outside of professional work interested in how we teach programming to kids. Keep meaning to try teach myself the functional paradigm.


May
15
answered Is XML, HTML/CSS, XSL analogous to Model, View, Controller?
May
13
awarded  Nice Answer
May
10
revised Scratch - why do schools teach students a language that is not used anywhere else?
Changed "normal/proper" for "more commonly used" in order to make the question more objective.
May
10
comment Scratch - why do schools teach students a language that is not used anywhere else?
@AndresF: I've submitted a suggested rewording of the question to bring it more on topic for P.SE, since I think this is a good, valid and objectively answerable question.
May
10
revised Scratch - why do schools teach students a language that is not used anywhere else?
Suggested rewording of the question to bring it more on topic for P.SE since I think it's a good question. Taken in to account suggestions in the comments about defining "normal" and "proper"
May
10
revised Scratch - why do schools teach students a language that is not used anywhere else?
Added a second half of my answer, to look at the other side of the coin
May
10
answered Scratch - why do schools teach students a language that is not used anywhere else?
May
6
awarded  Excavator
May
6
revised Have programmers at your work not taken up or been averse to an offer of a second monitor?
Removed repetition of "be more convincing" in a sentence. Looked like it'd been left in there by accident.
May
2
comment What needs to change for Software Engineering to become a formal profession?
Professional bodies like the British Computing Society serve this kind of purpose
May
2
answered When to favor webforms over MVC
Apr
30
awarded  Notable Question
Apr
22
awarded  Good Question
Apr
21
comment How common is it for a team to write everything in-house?
@MuhammadAlkarouri The interviewers answer (and the question) was about how they evaluate new technologies that would help them build the deliverables. I don't feel the interviewers answers was a cop out at all, but an honest answer about their practices.
Apr
21
comment How common is it for a team to write everything in-house?
@MuhammadAlkarouri No it doesn't include those things. The question and answers was in the context of the libraries they use during development.
Apr
21
awarded  Popular Question
Apr
21
awarded  Nice Question
Apr
20
accepted How common is it for a team to write everything in-house?
Apr
20
revised How common is it for a team to write everything in-house?
Added an addition a followup question.
Apr
20
asked How common is it for a team to write everything in-house?