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Peter Kofler is a software developer since 22 years and still enthusiastic about writing code. He likes his code being in order. Obviously he is fanatic about code quality. After years of harassing his colleagues with clean code and daily build, he was officially appointed "Code Cop" in 2006. He helps teams of Software Developers to raise the quality of their work and improve their productivity. He regularly facilitates Coding Dojos and Code Retreats. ...more

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When I started out as a Java developer, I wanted to know everything about Java. I wanted to know all libraries and all frameworks. What a silly idea. Clearly Java or software development in general was and still is way too vast to know everything. Beginning 2003, I started ignoring certain technologies. I maintained a black list of topics and libraries, Read more of this blog post »

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Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools

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