Finds of the Week, March 9, 2008

Programming

• 6 Ways to Increase Your Confidence As You Code. By Ben Watson.
• Hugo Vidal Teiseira gives Ten UI Lessons from the Real World. With pictures.
• Koen Witters writes about something basic to all computer games: The Game Loop.
• Microsoft Excel: Revolutionary 3D Game Engine? by Peter Rakos.
• The Diminishing Return on Code Uniformity. by Max Pool ({codesqueeze}).
• 9 Practical Ways to Enhance your Web Development Using the Firefox Web Developer Extension. by Jacob Gube.
• Rick Strahl writes about improvements in IE8 script debugging features: Sensible Debugging in IE 8.

C#/.NET

• Turn any class into a Singleton with the Singleton Factory. Via cognitive Coding. Nice!
• Read it for the comments: Are .NET Developers the American Tourists of the Software Industry? Also check out the Reddit comments. Article by Russell Ball.

Software and Tools

• Daniel Spiewak talks about the "Wow" Factor in Firefox 3.0.
• Mini Review of Internet Explorer 8 by Joe Walker.

Something a Little Different

• Machines ‘to match man by 2029’