Coding is an alternative way to describe programming.
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Code maintenance: keeping a bad pattern when extending new code for being consistent, or not?
I have to extend an existing module of a project. I don't like the way it has been done (lots of anti-pattern involved, like copy/pasted code). I don't want to perform a complete refactor for many ...
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What is better for coding - desktop or laptop? [closed]
Use of desktops are decreasing day by day in daily life but for coding purpose are there any reasons for using desktop over laptop?
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Being IDE dependent. How can it harm me?
I am highly IDE dependent developer (NetBeans and Eclipse as I am a JAVA dev). I can code properly if I have an IDE. I can rely a lot on that for development, debugging and deployment.
But without IDE ...
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I've stopped coding for fun, is this a bad sign? [closed]
At some point in time, I just stopped coding for fun. I used to go to work, finish my assignments and then upon arriving home I'd go and write stuff on the side for fun. However, I now just go home ...
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What are common mistakes in coding? [closed]
For example, a common error in C/C++ is to use the assignment operator = instead of the comparison operator ==.
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Does your company have a coding standard?
I recently saw that Microsoft released a coding standards document (All-In-One Code Framework Coding Standards) and it got me thinking... The company that I work for has no formal coding standards at ...
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How to avoid jumping to a solution when under pressure?
When under a particularly strict programming deadline (like an hour), if I panic at all, my tendency is to jump into coding without a real plan and hope I figure it out as I go along. Given enough ...
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Beginning Design as a Programmer
I'm just starting to get in to web development. I'm learning Rails at the moment. I have lots of experience with various programming languages.
I've been searching for books to help me get started; I ...
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What's the career path for a developer who doesn't like management?
If you're developer (Senior or Lead Developer) and you'd rather stay with code/design than pursue a management career, what are the available career paths at your company, or any you've heard of? How ...
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Would a cut and paste coder ever get past a job interview?
As a long time cut and paste coder I never committed much of the syntax of a language to memory. Even worse, I now use google to solve many of the coding problems which are of the type typically used ...
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How do you prepare yourself before you start coding? [closed]
Before you start coding something, how do you prepare yourself?
Do you make diagrams, pseudocode, mockups or any of that kind of stuff or you just start coding and see what comes along the way.
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Do you ever write code with pen and paper, and should we do it more often?
Like the title says, do you ever write code with pen and paper? If so, why? Do those who don't do if have anything to gain by doing so more often?
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Whiteboard “testing” during an interview: legitimate way to back up your (whiteboard) code?
As I get it, having an error (even a typo like or missing ";") in your whiteboard code will often cost you some interview points. Avoiding that will inevitably make one proof-reading code again and ...
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Emotional attachment to code
As an employee of a company, when you write code do you feel like you have an attachment to it? Do you feel that you have some ownership of the code? Or do you write it completely detached from it ...
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Any ideas about puzzles and recruitment with Coderloop?
Does anybody have any experience with Coderloop? It is supposed to be community of developers solving programming puzzles, and they use that information to help companies recruit. Has anybody been ...
