22-Feb-2006

Self-fulfilling prophecy

TrickyDicky in Zenit Translations posts an article, Self-fulfilling Prophecy, a Translation of La profecía que se cumple a sí misma by Agustín Ijalba published in Libro de Notas on 20-Feb-2006.

Business Rules / Reglas del Negocio

JorgeBec in Ingenieria de Software posts a link to Business Rules Group, a site dedicated to exploring the question of business rules in IT systems. They recently published a manifesto in many languages and JorgeBec lists the following as being particularly interesting to him:

• Article 1. Primary Requirements, Not Secondary

• Article 2. Separate From Processes, Not Contained In Them

• Article 6. Rule-Based Architecture, Not Indirect Implementation

• Article 7. Rule-Guided Processes, Not Exception-Based Programming

Personal MBA in Spanish

Juan Palacio in Navegapolis posts a link to the blog of Personal MBA en español. The sub-title of the site, “You wasted $150,000 on an education you coulda got for a buck fifty in late charges at the public library.” explains the idea very succinctly. It is the Spanish implementation of Personal MBA (link in English).

Getters, object orientated design and Dementer's law

mig21 in Yet Another Programming Weblog posts a link to GetterEradicator, an controversial article that encourages restrained use of getters in object oriented design.