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Good example of complex code using TDD

What would be a good example of the use of TDD in large, real-life, complex, projects? All the examples I've seen so far are toy projects for the purpose of a book or a paper... Can you name an ...
5
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1answer
182 views

Copyright notice in CSS or XML files

I'm currently working on an open-source project. Currently, we put our copyright notice at the top of every Java source file. I was wondering whether it was advisable or common practice to put ...
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268 views

Is there any open source code analyzer for java which I can adopt my software metrics algorithm on it? [closed]

I am doing my masters dissertation and I have conducted a software metrics. I need to adopt my metrics on an open source tool. I have found PMD and check style on sourceforge.net but there is not ...
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2answers
346 views

How can you become a real programming polyglot? [closed]

I work as a Java programmer, but C and C++ were always my favourite languages during studies. Unfortunatelly I don't have an opportunity to work with them as often as I would like to. As a result I ...
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2answers
842 views

Is Java free/open source or not?

On November 13, 2006, Sun released much of Java as free and open source software, (FOSS), under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). On May 8, 2007, Sun finished the process, making all ...
6
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2answers
288 views

How to get multiple open-source projects to use a standard way of doing something

- Problem In the last couple weeks, I've used 3 different "repository" tools (listed in alphabetical order): gradle ivy maven I'm calling them "repository" tools because I've also used sbt -- ...
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1answer
139 views

Software Licensing Particulars

I have spent a lot of time examining the various (major) software licenses and ultimately have decided upon using the MIT Licenses for my open source projects, and the Microsoft Reference License ...
3
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4answers
631 views

Open source Projects which pays the developers?

Are there any Java open source projects that Pays the developers? I came across this from a book : Programming Interviews Exposed. Page #25 Are open-source projects preferable? The vast ...
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0answers
27 views

Open source project for JavaEE beginner [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to evaluate an open source project with joining in mind? Im a junior java ee developer and i want to contribute to the opensource projects. I looked at OpenEJB and ...
5
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1answer
418 views

Places where I can do some voluntary software development/programming work?

I asked this question due to my lack of experience which is a major problem for me when applying for a job because all the companies require 2 to 3 years of programming experience. So I am taking ...
12
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4answers
370 views

How to start with open source?

I'm working as Java junior developer for about a year. On work I'm using Eclipse IDE. It's open source and I like it very much, but there's still a lot of bugs & stuff that could be improved. I'd ...
2
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1answer
415 views

Getting involved in an open-source Python-Java project [closed]

I'm a first-year PhD student in Ireland. My background is in mathematics, though I'm going to stream my career into programming with Python, Java and C++ languages. I have some good experience with ...
2
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3answers
879 views

Recommended Java source code reading [closed]

Like every author needs to read a lot of classical literature to develop his own style, and like every chess player read and analyze former champions games before, I think also every programmer needs ...
2
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3answers
743 views

I'm hoping to start an online supermarket and needs advice on open source shopping cart software and applications [closed]

I have been researching on both open source software and off-the-shelf software for an online supermarket project in Africa. I have now narrowed by search to X-cart and the PHP based PrestaShop ...
3
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3answers
219 views

Software licenses in practice

Almost all questions and information on both SO and "Google" describes how different licenses works and what license to choose for your work? But how do they work in reality. Almost everyone I have ...

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