Programming Practices are the commonly or not so commonly used practices in development of software. These can include things like Agile Development, Kanban, Coding shortcuts, etc.
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Why should I use List<T> over IEnumerable<T>?
In my ASP.net MVC4 web application I use IEnumerables, trying to follow the mantra to program to the interface, not the implementation.
Return IEnumerable(Of Student)
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Return New List(Of ...
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Cyclomatic Complexity Ranges
What are the categories of cyclomatic complexity? For example:
1-5: easy to maintain
6-10: difficult
11-15: very difficult
20+: approaching impossible
For years now, I've gone with the assumption ...
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Approaches to reduce cyclomatic complexity
I was running our code through JSHint, and decided to switch checks against cyclomatic complexity, and then went on long refactoring sprint. One place though baffled me, here is a code snippet:
var ...
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When to (enforce) linting in a software project
I'm heading a new team of developers working on a software project that makes use of continuous integration (circleci) w/ a pretty fleshed out suite of busterjs unit/integration/acceptance tests. Our ...
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Is it a bad habit to (over)use reflection?
Is it a good practice to use reflection if greatly reduces the quantity of boilerplate code?
Basically there is a trade-off between performance and maybe readability on one side and ...
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How do the Application and Database Interface Layers interact at their boundary?
I was watching one of Uncle Bob's videos and he brought up the Database Interface Layer. He had this diagram showing it:
These arrows show that the DB Interface Layer is aware of and calls the ...
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How to begin with web development in PHP [duplicate]
As I am the New Learner in the PHP Web Development and I want to become a good web developer who can at least make a good and dynamic web site quickly.
Currently I have learnt the following things:
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Is the “Gets or sets ..” necessary in XML documentation of properties?
I am looking for a recommendation of a best practice for XML comments in C#. When you create a property, it seems like that the expected XML documentation has the following form:
/// <summary>
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Is it bad to reuse other programmer's code libraries that can perform generic tasks? [duplicate]
Reusing large amount of helpful codes made by other programmers is very tempting for me. I specifically refer to codes that can perform generic tasks, such as Data Access Layer (DAL) codes.
I am ...
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How to effectively put code live
What are the general strategies to employ when attempting to ensure that a module of code will function correctly on the live system? A common problem we have at our software house is that we ...
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Programming methodology - best way to level up? [closed]
Ok, so I'm at a point where I think I have my basics down. I'd like to think I'm just starting to become an intermediate dev. So, how do I level up here?
It feels like I have reached my threshold, ...
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Choosing between words with different spellings for function names
A question has been bothering me for a while: when developing international projects, it is common sense to use English as the reference language since it is the language that the most people ...
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Determine whether a COM is a In-Proc or LocalServer [migrated]
I got an application that use a COM library, just wondering how can I know whether that application use that COM library as a LocalServer or In-Proc?
I looked at the code being constructed in this ...
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Might starting variables/members with an underscore puzzle the compiler?
I've been taught since high school that defining variables like this:
int _a;
or
int __a;
should be consider bad practice because this would eventually puzzle compilers that use variables starting ...
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What is a good tool to manage complexity of your programs? [closed]
I've been through this many times at work. While developing a complex application that does lots of say, database-querying, network-i/o, multi-threading, etc. it initially looks all nice and exciting ...
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Wrapping specific checked exception in domain unchecked ones? [duplicate]
Uncle Bob says in Clean Code book that Unchecked Exceptions should be used. Now JDK has some checked exceptions: IOException, IllegalAccessException etc. which cannot be avoided.
In my application ...
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Is it a good idea to schedule regular time to clean up code? [closed]
I'm managing a small team of developers. Every so often we decide we're going to spend a day or two to clean up our code.
Would it be a good idea to schedule regular time, say 1 week every 2 months, ...
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What is the difference between a principle and a best practice?
I recently read http://simpleprogrammer.com/2013/02/17/principles-are-timeless-best-practices-are-fads/ and it resonated with me. I find the more experienced programmers/architects go against current ...
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Educating Teams - Software Craftsmanship and Best Practices [closed]
I'm part of a team that's responsible for trying to spread better coding practices to other teams. These ideas are things like software craftsmanship, professionalism, learning new technology, ...
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Why are Wordpress sites so easily hacked? [closed]
I have found that hacker can easily hack wordpress site.
I have found this posts related to wordpress site hacking.
1) http://wordpress.org/support/topic/website-hacked-3
2) ...
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What is Delegation and why is it important in iOS programming?
At the moment I am teaching myself iOS programming, and one concept I find really hard to wrap my head around is delegation. What is it? Why and how is it used? What is the advantage? The technical ...
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In which order should I do comparisons? [duplicate]
I'm a strong proponent of writing if statements like this:
variable == constant
Because to me it just makes sense, it is more readable than the inverted:
constant == variable
Which seems to be ...
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What is the best practice for method parameter validation in a library?
I develop a game library in javascript, containing many classes. I hesitate on the behavior that I should follow concerning method parameter validation:
Should I check the validity of parameters ...
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What recent studies point to the possible improvement a programmer can make as a result of personal character traits?
In Chapter 33, Personal Character of Code Complete (Second ed.) McConnell cites some studies such as those listed below in support of the assertion that 10-1 improvement is possible from efforts in ...
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Matlab coding celestial computing method [closed]
I am trying to code a celestial method of navigation called "Method of coplanar Vertices"
Algorithms are not very explicit regarding LMS 2D/3D which is applied to approximate the plan. I wrote the ...
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Methodology for software facing internet connections? [closed]
Is there a known methodology stronger than TDD to prevent accepting invalid input and performing undesired behaviour for software that is going to be open to the internet at large (e.g., HTTP ...
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Facing “crunch time” for work project, need advice [closed]
So the discussion came up from management that we need product development to "accelerate" Some of us have done ridiculous crunches and so we know about diminished returns.
Fortunately management is ...
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Switching from ActionScript to JavaScript, tips for writing code?
I am quite comfortable with using actionscript3 and flash. I also have some experience with Java. But recently, I started learning JavaScript and node.js. I ultimately want to make a 3d game in ...
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Why is test driven development missing from Joel's Test?
I was reading this blog by Joel Spolsky about 12 steps to better code. The absence of Test Driven Development really surprised me. So I want to throw the question to the Gurus. Is TDD not really worth ...
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Why is the usage of string keys generally considered to be a bad idea?
This has been bugging me for a while. Most of the time, when it comes to storing data in structures such as hashtables, programmers, books and articles insist that indexing elements in said structures ...
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Security and code execution
If I am taking data from a website, for example status updates from Facebook and showing them on my website. What possible damage can be caused if I am not taking into account that the code written as ...
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Documents to use on project development [closed]
I am lost on how to plan the development of a iphone mobile app, when building a specific mobile app for a client, i need to make a questionnaire for that same client and i also need to have a ...
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Rules about the concreteness of method parameter types, return types and property types
Some time ago I read a kind of "rule of thumb" about the concreteness of method parameter types, return types and property types, but I just do not remember it.
It said something about keep your ...
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How to avoid giant glue methods?
In my current job, I've been tasked with cleaning up old code a few times. Often the code is a labyrinth and the data behind it is even more tangled. I find myself combing out things into nice, ...
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Ledger or log design for a point-based system?
Right now creating a new service that will integrate into our company's existing platform. The service will be responsible for tracking "points" that a user can generate over time through certain ...
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How important is encapsulation? [duplicate]
As a student in programming, I learned that encapsulation is one of the most important principles of object-oriented programming.
However, I only follow that principle when I feel like it suits my ...
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Is C# namespace should be Project-Name?
I am working with multiple websites (freelancer) and a good amount of them I write using C# MVC4.
I created a very good boilerplace project that I plan to use on every next starting mvc4 application ...
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How do I alter my solution / project when the spec changes
I have a question about the best practice in this situation.
At one point, my small application allowed the client to upload a file to a server, and download a file from the server (it would also ...
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Writing Clean, Elegant Procedural Code (BASIC): Is There Such a Thing?
I learned to code in OO languages. I've always been interested in design patterns, clean code, etc., etc. - you know the type.
Now at work I'm using a BASIC dialect. Given modern programming values, ...
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How to convince my teammates to follow some basic rules
I have a problem with my teammates. Long story short: We are three students working at a project for a competition. The project consists of 2 separate applications: one for Windows (that I develop) ...
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Making things just work and then improve them, or attempt to make them “perfect” from the beginning?
I don't have any experience working as a programmer - I just code as a hobby so far. Some years ago, I heard a programmer say that I should focus on making my code just work despite being slow (it was ...
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C# dynamics and Expando object [closed]
Under which application development scenarios C# dynamics and ExpandoObject can be used or when to consider using c# dynamics and ExpandoObject
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How is the Trial Period for Softwares generally implemented?
I was always under the assumption that trial softwares write a registry value of the installation date and then the software makes a comparison of the current date of the system with the remaining ...
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Mutual exclusion over network - pattern?
I want to do the following:
I have a number of computers. On each computer a programm will run. There is no centralized server.
The program can choose by defined criteria to give another computer ...
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Is it considered poor practice to include a bug number in a method name for a temporary workaround?
My coworker who is a senior guy is blocking me on a code review because he wants me to name a method 'PerformSqlClient216147Workaround' because it's a workaround for some defect ###. Now, my method ...
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How to convince my coworkers that doing things right will save them time
I recently started at a new company, with a handful of programmers. Its a medium sized company, with around 70 employees, but IT only has 9-10, and there are 3 "programmers" beside myself. However, ...
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Should I refactor my unit tests when I extract a class out of the System Under Test?
I wrote this class that does a few things (perhaps this is a violation of the Single Responsibility Principle). I realize now that some other part of the project needs a piece of that logic and the ...
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Which HTTP status codes are really OK?
I am writing an application to report to the user(devs) when their website fails. And what I mean by fails which is unfunctional or needs to report the problem to devs. I do understand that status ...
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How do I avoid feature creep on a solo project?
So I have a program I'm worked on back in 2011 and all through 2012, but the last release was in December of 2011. I've been actively working on it, but feature creep lured its ugly head and now it is ...
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Declaring functions in order to avoid explicit nested loops
My programming professor has told me that it is a good programming practice (at least in C/C++) to declare a function with the inner loop when nesting loops (not for loops, since when, i.e. looping ...
