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Web API URI Schema Design
I'm in the middle of designing an API for a very basic flashcard application for learning purposes and I'm wondering if you all think there can be any improvements.
In the app, a Folder contains ...
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How much usage of “likely” and “unlikely” macros is too much?
The often known as likely and unlikely macros help the compiler know whether an if is usually going to be entered or skipped. Using it results in some (rather minor) performance improvements.
I ...
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Naming guard clauses that throw exceptions
I have a function evaluate() that parses a String for some variables and replaces them with their corresponding value:
public String evaluate() {
String result = templateText;
for ...
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Is there a cleaner way of caching data
We've started implementing some caching code in our MVC project. We've derived from .Net's ObjectCache to store it in a SQL database.
What we do right now is in each method we want to cache we have ...
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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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About clean code
Example: I have a method that formats the output based on a parameter from an object. The question is, should I pass the object that holds the parameter to the method, or just the required param?
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Cleaning Up Generated Code: Refactor or Map?
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I recently had to deal with a class file generated by XSD.exe. It was 3500 lines long with ridiculously-verbose class / variable names (think ...
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Using a “dead man's switch” to manage time-sensitive code
In our software environment, we often run a/b tests, as is probably good practice. However, our environment is set up such that, in very short order, the code starts to become very crufty with dead ...
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How do I prevent unknowningly duplicating code?
I work on a rather large code base. Hundreds of classes, tons of different files, lots of functionality, takes more than 15 minutes to pull down a fresh copy, etc.
A big problem with such a large ...
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Does TDD lead to the good design?
I'm in transition from "writing unit tests" state to TDD.
I saw as Johannes Brodwall creates quite acceptable design from avoiding any of architecture phase before. I'll ask him soon if it was real ...
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Which is more maintainable — boolean assignment via if/else or boolean expression?
Which would be considered more maintainable?
if (a == b) c = true; else c = false;
or
c = (a == b);
I've tried looking in Code Complete, but can't find an answer.
I think the first is more ...
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Try/Catch or test parameters [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Arguments for or against using Try/Catch as logical operators
Efficient try / catch block usage?
I was recently on a job interview and I was given a task to write ...
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Constant values in the interface
Some time ago I have read two different books and each of them gives totally different answer for the question if it is a good pattern to define constant values in the interface (in java).
So I am ...
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Is it bad style to redundantly check a condition?
I often get to positions in my code where I find myself checking a specific condition over and over again.
I want to give you a small example: suppose there is a text file which contains lines ...
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Effective handling of variables in non-object oriented programming
What is the best method to use and share variables between functions in non object-oriented program languages?
Let's say that I use 10 parameters from DB, ID and 9 other values linked to it. I need ...
