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I was just asked in a tech interview to write an algorithm to traverse an "object" (notice the quotes) where A is equal to B and B is equal to C and A is equal to C.
That's it. That is …
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I have worked in software development for over 10 years now, and it's dawning on me that I rarely get to create anything "new". I realize that "new" is a vague term, but I would define it as anything …
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I find whenever I work with GUI code, the code tends to bloat faster then other kinds of code. It also seems harder to refactor. Whereas in other kinds of code I can refactor pretty easily -- I find I …
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The code is a complete mess of a combination of classic ASP/ASP.NET. The scrum consist of us patching up the big mess or making additions to it. We are all too busy doing that to start a rewrite so I …
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I'm in the middle of a project and I was asked to write UML diagrams (use cases,class diagram,etc). The project isn't very complex.
I was wondering if this be a waste of my time? Should I just be …
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In reference to broken windows, are there times when refactoring is best left for a future activity?
For example, if a project to add some new features to an existing internal system is assigned to a …
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What's the difference between definitions?
recursion
corecursion
In wiki, there is few information without clear code for good understanding these terms.
But, could you give very simple examples, …
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This is in continuation to my previous question where I asked is it necessary to learn algorithms and data structures. I feel yes it is.
Now I work in an environment where I won't ever get the chance …
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Today I have held my first interview with potential interns.
While this has been mostly open questions, I have had some trivial programming tasks for them:
Write a function that returns true if …
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I have some trouble getting a good folder structure in my project and i would like to know what other ways i could use to structure my files.
I'm currently working in an MVC sturctured folder.
www/
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I have a project that needs Hibernate jars.
I added them as dependencies in the pom.xml and Maven compiles my project well.
However, in the IDE, all annotations and calls to Hibernate API are marked …
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I need to handle and process ~5 million news articles, an amount small enough to fit on a commodity desktop but too large to process serially. Thus far, I have been using Python/pickle for …
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