As someone with a long history in database optimization and who even did their Master’s project on Database normalization, I’m probably the last person in the world to argue against database normalization. From a theoretical standpoint, database normalization is a wonderful thing, helping to organize your data into easy-to-manage and understandable parts. For this article, [...]

I was watching a Google Tech Talk on Dependency Injection.  Sixteen minutes in the speaker gave an interesting example of the Law of Demeter: If buying item for $25 in store, do you hand clerk $25 or give clerk your wallet and have him/her retrieve the $25. This got me thinking about why we so [...]

People with different levels of experience approach tend to approach a question in different ways.  This is something I see frequently on JavaRanch. An example The ideas apply to many questions, but I’ll use “how do I disable the browser back button” as a common example.  Consider some answers to this: 1) In Internet Explorer, [...]