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How can you tell whether to use Composite Pattern or a Tree Structure, or a third implementation?

I have two client types, an "Observer"-type and a "Subject"-type. They're both associated with a hierarchy of groups. The Observer will receive (calendar) data from the groups it is associated with ...
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Should exceptions of a subclass extend the superclass exceptions or my own namespace?

Our library extends another (third-party) library. When we create a child class in our library, and want to throw exceptions, should those exceptions extend the exceptions from the parent class or ...
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Contract / Project / Line-Item hierarchy design considerations

We currently have an application that allows users to create a Contract. A contract can have 1 or more Project. A project can have 0 or more sub-projects (which can have their own sub-projects, and so ...
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Separating the database, API, and the interface

Most of my projects start small. Many times I start with a web page (1 file) that has the code to... select stuff from the database => display it to the user and offer editing => receive the edits ...
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How to organize my site's file system properly?

Doing some reading on Stack Overflow, I've found a lot of information suggesting that proper organization of a file system is crucial to a well-written web app. One of the key pieces of evidence is ...
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How can I make tagging work for the concept of “all”?

There's an approach to organising information that says that hierarchy is a tool of the devil, or at least is overrated. I've embraced this understanding for a data-driven site I'm working on which ...
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The usual metadata objects or: How to move a typical ExtJS App to jQuery, and: What's missing in the middle?

I have entered into an existing project that is all about maintaining nested data structures. You have companies which are assigend to accounts, and contacts and notes and... basically the usual bunch ...
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Visualize flowchart diagram with multiple end symbols

I am looking for a standardize way to visualize the following hierarchical logic: The state of the thread is represented by the answers to the hierarchical set of question You can read this listing ...
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Scrum Master in the organization

I'm wondering how to set up the organization with Scrum Masters. I would prefer to see real examples of where the scrum masters are located in the organization's hierarchy and how report-to / ...
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How should the cppcms template hierarchy be used

I understand that the hierarchy, in cppcms for templates, goes skin (topmost, representing a namespace), then view (representing a class) and finally template (representing a function). I want to ...
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Can thesaurus items have more than one USE relation?

I want to model a Thesaurus using the ANSI/NISO standard relation description like "broader term", "narrow term", etc. (see this Wikipedia article for details). Is it valid for a Thesaurus item in ...