Tidbits: Lines of Code

According to the discussion in JavaScript Jabber episode 20:

• the code base for the Cloud9 IDE fronted (correction by @javruben) consists of about 300'000 lines of JavaScript. 
• The GMail frontend consist of about 400'000 lines of JavaScript. 

Update 2013-05-25: According to this Hanselminutes episode, the LucidChart frontend codebase contains about 200'000 lines of JavaScript (about 88% of that is "strongly typed" with the closure compiler)

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Impressive speech about the future effects of social networks

[in German]

This impressive speech nails down what social networks are all about and how the internet has a revolutionizing effect on modern society:



This is what I call a very impressive talk: 3 min and every word fitting a very concise and scientific analysis.

Bookreview: MVC4 in Action

Another quote made it on the cover of a manning title: ASP.NET MVC 4 in Action



I think this is a good book for developers that want to learn ASP.NET MVC. And I think today every .NET Web Developer should learn MVC. Learning MVC will help you understand basic web concepts and even when you are developing WebForms applications you can profit a lot from that.
I like the book, because it looks a bit further than just ASP.NET MVC as it comes out of the box. With chapters about  full system testing, AutoMapper, MvcContrib and NHibernate it deals with advanced topics that are neglected in most other books about MVC. The authors give a somewhat more opinionated overview how modern web applications should be created. This makes the book stand out among typical MVC books.
What I miss in the book is primarily the integration of MVC with the EntityFramework. The book only focuses on NHibernate. This was the right thing to do with the first version of MVC, however today the EntityFramework has made a lot of progress, and in my opinion it should be considered the default choice for ASP.NET MVC.
If you are already familiar with ASP.NET MVC or have even read a previous version of the book, don't expect to learn too much about the new features of MVC 4. Only the last two chapters of the book deal with specifics of the fourth release of the framework (probably the book was initially planned for MVC 3, but the fast release cycle of the MVC team made the authors skip directly to MVC 4).
Nevertheless, for developers that want to learn MVC, I think this book should be a must-read.

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Quotes of the Week: Agile Backfire

The single most important thing on a project is picking the right people. If you have good people then it doesn't matter if you are using Scrum or not, it will turn out well anyway.

- Jimmy Nilsson, NDC 2012

We were used to getting shit done … then they told us about Agile.

- Hadi Hariri, NDC 2012

There are no agile projects. Nor were there ever any waterfall projects. What we had were just a bunch of guys trying to get a bunch of stuff done.

- Uncle Bob, NDC 2012

We must destroy these methodologies that get in the way of programming.

- The Manifesto of Programming, Motherfucker

These statements make even less sense. They are just babble, and they’re not about your trade in any conceivable way.

- About the Manifesto for Plumbing Craftsmanship

I don't read agile books. They are a waste of time!

Agile books out there are just people telling stories about stuff. Stories are great -- love to hear them. But I can't trust the authors of most of these books to tell honest stories and learn honest lessons from them. Instead they have a theme.

The problem is, real life doesn't have a theme.

- Agile Ruined my Life

I used to be an agile consultant, but I am alright now.

- Dan North, NDC 2012

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