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Linking in code comments (to other unique anchors/comments)
How would you recommend creating "anchors" in code comments, so that during maintenance, developers can easily cross-reference other code comments.
I realise that software should be intelligently ...
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A defense for boilerplate?
To me, boilerplate code is obviously bad. However I've met a developer who displays resistance in any attempt to reduce boilerplate. I realized I didn't have a readily formed, well thought out ...
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What are the benefits of using comments
I just accepted a new job. Our application is in the 50,000 lines of code area. None of which is commented. I am finding it difficult to understand how the application works. Id like to prevent this ...
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Why do most of us use 'i' as a loop counter variable?
Has anyone thought about why so many of us repeat this same pattern using the same variable names?
for (int i = 0; i < foo; i++) {
// ...
}
It seems most code I've ever looked at uses i, j, ...
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Is it bad habit not using interfaces?
I use interfaces rarely and find them common in others code.
Also I create sub and super classes (while creating my own classes) rarely in my code.
Is it a bad thing?
Would you suggest changing ...
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Top bad practices in MySQL [closed]
There was another post allowing people to post their top bad practices in PHP, I had a gripe about MySQL practices and thought it'd be an interesting topic to hear the top bad practices in MySQL.
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