Comments on: Complexity and Dynamically Typed Languages http://www.pathf.com/blogs/2006/11/complexity_and_/ Running commentary about agile development, user experience design and Ajax. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:11:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: W^L+ http://www.pathf.com/blogs/2006/11/complexity_and_/#comment-505 W^L+ Sun, 07 Jan 2007 04:51:08 +0000 http://www.pathf.com/blogs/?p=401#comment-505 <p>-- My motto is "the right tool for the right job." And that tool may be Javascript, or Java or something else from time to time. --</p> <p>That is also known as "The Plumber Rule." If a plumber comes to fix your toilet and only has one wrench, fire him and call someone else. A good plumber will have a large array of tools and will use the right tool(s) for the task at hand, rather than trying to do everything with a "miracle wrench."</p> – My motto is “the right tool for the right job.” And that tool may be Javascript, or Java or something else from time to time. –

That is also known as “The Plumber Rule.” If a plumber comes to fix your toilet and only has one wrench, fire him and call someone else. A good plumber will have a large array of tools and will use the right tool(s) for the task at hand, rather than trying to do everything with a “miracle wrench.”

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.pathf.com/blogs/2006/11/complexity_and_/#comment-504 Anonymous Wed, 01 Nov 2006 21:44:12 +0000 http://www.pathf.com/blogs/?p=401#comment-504 <p>''My motto is "the right tool for the right job." And that tool may be Javascript, or Java or something else from time to time.''</p> <p>That's a pretty narrow set of tools.</p> ”My motto is “the right tool for the right job.” And that tool may be Javascript, or Java or something else from time to time.”

That’s a pretty narrow set of tools.

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