Everyone knows a programmer who is more concerned about microseconds of execution time than whether or not the correct result is returned. The opposite of those programmers are the architects who follow the mantra “Make it correct then make it fast”. These architects seem equally unconcerned about getting the result in a reasonable time as […]

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A common complaint about Java desktop applications is that they do not have a look and feel that is consistent with the operating system. Is this really a problem? Does anyone really care about UI consistency? Microsoft doesn’t, at least not in the same way as the complainers, and in this case I agree with […]

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The UML is a very effective notation for object oriented software designs. However, as with many useful tools, there seems to be some misunderstanding about what the UML can and cannot do. This misunderstanding can lead to organizations failing to meet their goals because they are not using their tools properly. This is unfortunate since […]

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Trying to design an interface is nothing short of agonizing at times when we are dealing with users and their needs (or more to the point, requests). Most of us can relate to how hard it can be to get coherent requirements for an application.

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