The Rational Programmer



Programming is an art. It has its own nuances and hidden beauty. The subtle art of coding is not something that can be taught. It comes with experience and with love of programming. This blog contains a series of posts that are amassed with experience. Do provide your feedback and any insights on any post that you feel are worth admiring or admonishing. 

About the Author

          Gaurav has seen ups and downs of the IT industry since the last century, 1999 to be precise. He has been developing, designing, training, managing, coding, testing, supporting and goofing up many software applications for past many years. He moved to writing programs as soon as he graduated in 1999 - his first challenging task was changing the wallpaper of his windows 98 machine. Since then he has never looked back. He currently prides himself to be an expert in Java programming, web application and android programming. He manages multiple development and support teams. He loves reading physics and mathematics too. Apart from making and destroying software, he has a passion for few other good things in life. That includes beer. If he is not drinking it, then probably he is brewing it at home. 

      You can send your praise, anger, disappointment, suggestions and complaints on his articles to his email id – gauravvishal@yahoo.com. If your suggestions make a difference then they will be incorporated in the next edition of the articles. 

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