Jay Fields Thoughts

Lessons Learned while Introducing a New Programming Language


12 days ago by jaycfields on Jay Fields Thoughts.
I've used a lot of languages (professionally) over the years: (off the top of my head) Cold Fusion, HTML, Javascript, php, SQL, CSS, ASP(classic & .net...

Clojure & Java Interop


~1 month ago by jaycfields on Jay Fields Thoughts.
About a year ago I got a phone call asking if I wanted to join another team at DRW. The team supports a (primarily) Java application, but the performance...

Clojure: expectations - scenarios


3 months ago by noreply@blogger.com (jaycfields) on Jay Fields Thoughts.
When I set out to write expectations I wanted to create a simple unit testing framework. I'm happy with what expectations provides for unit testing; however...

Clojure: expectations unit testing wrap-up


3 months ago by noreply@blogger.com (jaycfields) on Jay Fields Thoughts.
Clojure Unit Testing with Expectations Part OneClojure Unit Testing with Expectations Part TwoClojure Unit Testing with Expectations Part ThreeClojure Unit...

Clojure: expectations - removing duplication with given


3 months ago by noreply@blogger.com (jaycfields) on Jay Fields Thoughts.
Clojure Unit Testing with Expectations Part OneClojure Unit Testing with Expectations Part TwoClojure Unit Testing with Expectations Part ThreeClojure Unit...

Clojure: expectations and Double/NaN


3 months ago by noreply@blogger.com (jaycfields) on Jay Fields Thoughts.
Clojure Unit Testing with Expectations Part OneClojure Unit Testing with Expectations Part TwoClojure Unit Testing with Expectations Part ThreeClojure Unit...

Clojure: expectations with values in vectors, sets, and maps


3 months ago by noreply@blogger.com (jaycfields) on Jay Fields Thoughts.
Clojure Unit Testing with Expectations Part OneClojure Unit Testing with Expectations Part TwoClojure Unit Testing with Expectations Part Three (this entry...

Clojure: Non-equality expectations


3 months ago by noreply@blogger.com (jaycfields) on Jay Fields Thoughts.
Clojure Unit Testing with Expectations Part OneClojure Unit Testing with Expectations Part Two (this entry)Clojure Unit Testing with Expectations Part ThreeClojure...

Recent Thoughts On Hiring and Being Hired


5 months ago by noreply@blogger.com (jaycfields) on Jay Fields Thoughts.
The job market is insane right now. It got to the point that I was receiving job-related email so often that I changed my LinkedIn profile to say I lived...

Life After Pair Programming


5 months ago by noreply@blogger.com (jaycfields) on Jay Fields Thoughts.
When I first joined DRW I noticed that the vast majority of developers were not pair-programming. I was surprised that a company that employed so many smart...