Programming

Everyone knows PHP can be used to create websites. But it can also be used to create desktop applications and commandline tools. And now with a class called System_Daemon, you can even create daemons using nothing but PHP. And did I mention it was easy?

Writing code requires two important things: _creativity_ & _discipline_. The **creativity** to create the unknown, unexplored, exciting parts of software. And the **discipline** to create the dull & all-too-well-known parts of software / documentation.

One error that has bugged my Eclipse PDT for a long time, was \_org.eclipse.emf.ecore.util.EcoreEMap $DelegateEObjectContainmentEList. \_A vague error, not much to go on, not many hits on google either. Turned out it had to do with the version of my Java Runtime Environment I was using.

Hi folks. As you may or may not know, I have a [love/hate relationship with my IDE: Eclipse PDT](/blog/2008/04/11/my-new-ide-eclipse-pdt/). For times and times we get along well. But once every while it gets messed up, and it's a pain to straighten it out again. Or at least, it was.

Good testing will result in better code. If you have to wait endlessly for on SVN commits, uploads or compile steps, you will simply produce less inventive code. This has to do with: patience, creativity flow, will, and of course time. Constantly being interrupted breaks concentration. If there's one thing I've really learned, it's **invest in a good testing environment**. Rapid review of code results will pay off (I promise).