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Source code is text written in a computer programming language. It can be automatically translated to binary machine code that the computer can directly read and execute.

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isset() and empty() make code ugly

I have several older applications that throw a lot of "xyz is undefined" and "undefined offset" messages when running on the E_NOTICE error level, because the existence of variables is not explicitly ...
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Python - Parse a .py file, read the AST, modify it, then write back the modified source code

I want to programmatically edit python source code. Basically I want to read a .py file, generate the AST, and then write back the modified python source code (i.e. another .py file). There are ways ...
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Best rule for maximum function size?

In another question, a popular answer suggested that large functions demonstrate poor form. How large would you let a function get before you broke it up? (This could be in lines of code or a more ...
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What's the best way to generate a UML diagram from Python source code? [closed]

A colleague is looking to generate UML class diagrams from heaps of Python source code. He's primarily interested in the inheritance relationships, and mildly interested in compositional ...
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Get source jar files attached to Eclipse for Maven-managed dependencies

I am using Maven (and the Maven Eclipse Integration) to manage the dependencies for my Java projects in Eclipse. The automatic download feature for JAR files from the Maven repositories is a real time ...
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Do you still limit line length in code?

This is a matter on which I would like to gauge the opinion of the community: Do you still limit the length of lines of code to a fixed maximum? This was certainly a convention of the past for many ...
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How would you organize a Subversion repository for in house software projects

I work for a company whose primary business is not software related. Most documentation for using source control is written with a development team writing for commercial or open source projects in ...
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How do we define Code Quality? [closed]

Does anyone have a reasonable definition of Code Quality? I don't think there is a good definition, and I see plenty of bad definitions. There are many definitions for Correctness, but I would ...
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Java JDK Source Code?? Where to find it?

I like to see what a method in the Java API does. So I want the JDK Source Code. Before I re-installed Linux I had the scr.zip package with all the official source code in it. I just had to tell ...
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Best source code formatter for Javascript?

I've been digging through Stack Overflow as well as a number of Google searches, and I cannot find a satisfactory code formatter for Javascript. I have found several related tools, such as syntax ...
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How can I know which parts in the code are never used?

I have legacy C++ code that I'm supposed to remove unused code from. The problem is that the code base is large. How can I find out which code is never called/never used?
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Recommended JavaScript annotated source code for learning

I have recently found annotated source code for underscore.js and backbone.js I'm currently going through these reading them to learn how other authors structure and write javascript code. It's a ...
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Which file comparison tool can handle block movement and multiple revisions? [closed]

I've been using Subversion for a while now. I love it. And the feature I use the most is diff. But sometimes it is really frustrating when your comparison windows is filled with changes like: block ...
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Android Support Library (v4). Getting the source and attaching it to the library/jar in Eclipse

Having the source code attached to external libraries is awesome. Where to find the source code for the v4 support package? Preferably it would be a zip file which could be easily attached to the ...
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Tool for analyzing VB6 source code (like Understand from SciTools)

Does anyone know of a tool to analyze/navigate VB6 source code like the tool from scitools? http://www.scitools.com/products/understand/

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