Tagged Questions
The source-code tag has no wiki summary.
0
votes
6answers
146 views
Best linux editor for navigating source code [closed]
I like to download some source code off and on and to explore it.
Usually I used Eclipse to work in a project if it takes a long time.
But for quick source code explorations creating a project every ...
16
votes
7answers
494 views
In a legacy codebase, how do I quickly find out what is being used and what isn't?
I've been asked to evaluate what appears to be a substantial legacy codebase, as a precursor to taking a contract maintaining that codebase.
This isn't the first time I've been in this situation. In ...
2
votes
2answers
180 views
Question about ownership [closed]
I am a salaried web developer and I am about to start a small development business on my own as a second income. I want to know if there is a best practice in regards to avoiding infringing on the ...
0
votes
1answer
119 views
JavaScript a good more complex examples [closed]
I don't know much about real JavaScript except some really minor things like using some JQuery, reading JavaScript Good Parts book, but what I would really need is some application that I could dig ...
3
votes
2answers
361 views
How do I encrypt the source code on the webserver?
I have a web application developed using Python, HTML, CSS & JavaScript.
The customer installs it in any of their own Machine and uses it through their LAN.
In short the customer sets up the ...
1
vote
5answers
83 views
Automatic sorting of class/module members and its possible impact on productivity and code quality
Recently I saw some possibilities of some IDEs (via plugins) to sort members of their classes/modules based on some criteria, sou you could have everything sorted automaticaly no matter where you ...
3
votes
5answers
193 views
Example bad code project to motivate refactoring / good design [closed]
This is sort of the opposite of Is there an open-source project that can be an example of well-written code?.
I am teaching software engineering to undergraduates and I would like a blob of object ...
15
votes
10answers
885 views
Are chatty/humorous comments in source code acceptable or unprofessional? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Humor in Documentation
Throughout my professional career, I have often relied on chatty or humorous comments in source code (or source control commit messages) to help ...
4
votes
9answers
477 views
Reading source code to learn
As you develop as a programmer, software developer, or coder, IMHO, you begin to see different (best or worst) practices, different algorithms, and "more than one way to do it". Seeing this code can ...
10
votes
7answers
328 views
recommend C# source code for reading [closed]
I'm a C# programmer and I'm interested in reading well written C# code. I've read somewhere that reading good code is like reading a good book (and educational too!).
My interests:
Game programming
...
3
votes
1answer
92 views
Include all php files in one file and include that file in every page if we're using hiphop?
I understand that in normal php if we're including a file we're merging the source of it in the script and it would take longer for that page to be parsed/processed but if we're using HipHop shouldn't ...
2
votes
7answers
239 views
Shouldn't we count Chacarters of code / comments instead of Lines of code / comments? [closed]
Counting lines of code and comments is sometimes bogus, since most of what we write may be written in one or more lines, depending column count limitations, screen size, style and so forth.
Since the ...
5
votes
3answers
307 views
Detecting Internet code leaks
I'm curious after reading today about a minor code leakage from a large project to some blogs & forums (to say it short: the guys forgot to anonymize the code before asking for help), all detected ...
2
votes
4answers
237 views
How do I protect my website (Codes, Database, FTP informations) from freelancer?
I'm developing a website using Joomla and many other 3rd party plugins and also I want to make some custom components so I'm hiring some freelancer developers and few are an online companies they say ...
6
votes
5answers
758 views
Why do programmers use one-based indexing for line numbers in source code? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Why isn't the line count in Visual Studio zero-based?
Why isn't the top line in a source code file labelled line number 0?
i.e. in a source file which was 10 ...