For questions relating to the process of developing software.
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Why are many programmers moving their code to github?
For the past 6 months or more, I've been seeing many codes hosted at sourceforge.net as well as other hosting sites "Move to GitHub". A mere Google Search with the phrase "Moved to Github" returns ...
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Proceedure for developing a software program using VB and MS access [on hold]
Proceedure for developing a software program in Engg. field using VB and MS access and selling installation package CDs (on price). Further I need the licence requirement from Micro Soft if ...
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How to see what parts of your java code are run most often?
I would like to be able to see what code in thousands of lines of source code is run most often and takes the longest. The purpose of this would be for optimization.
Being able to see what parts of ...
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Hyperlinked, externalized source code documentation
Why do we still embed natural language descriptions of source code (i.e., the reason why a line of code was written) within the source code, rather than as a separate document?
Given the expansive ...
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Should user documentation include screenshots?
This question focuses on user documentation, not on code documentation.
I just finished my software project, and the people I work for are expecting me to write user documentation, describing ...
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How and why do you use sketches and diagrams in software development? [closed]
I don't know if this is the right place to post my question, because it cannot really be answered, but discussed. I'm a Ph.D. student and it's diffcult for me to reach "real" software practioniers for ...
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1answer
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Need advice/info about replacing binary code with a new computing code I have designed [closed]
Basically as the title states I have designed a new code to replace binary as a computers operating language.
I felt that the concept of 0's and 1's and only having a maximum of 250 possible words of ...
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Graph to show decreasing desirability when taking shortcuts
I'm responsible for creating a presentation to management that details how a system should be refactored or rewritten. We have an existing system that has had production failures and the code base is ...
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Should integration test be included in continues integration (CI)?
Assume that we are developing a web application, and Hudson does typical jobs such as compile, unit test and static code analysis.
But the tricky part is: Hudson deploys and starts up application ...
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How can I organize my data flow to process a good program solution? [duplicate]
My main problem when trying to form a program is that while I have the tools at my disposal, I am too disorganized to properly use them to solve my problems. Often my process is simply trial and ...
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Can everything in computing be classified as either data or a process?
Working in a field called "revenue assurance" I basically build systems to validate other systems.
After a while in this market it seems to me that all these "validations" are verifying either a ...
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What are the most crucial categories of content to organize into an internal developer portal in a large company? [closed]
I have been tasked with organizing all of the company's internal content currently spread around sharepoint, a markdown reference manual and confluence into a single cohesive and usable portal in ...
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Developer thinks they do not have to follow standard development process [duplicate]
How do you deal with a senior developer who does not think that the company standard way of developing software applies to them ?
For instance:
Will ask other developers to do work by email, ...
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How can I stop myself overwriting member variables with 'new' ones?
The bulk of my programming experience has been with C++ and (shudder) FORTRAN (I'm a scientist not a programmer as such, but I do my best). I've recently started using python extensively and find it ...
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What do you do to estimates for agile stories where developers are pair programming?
If it was a 2-point story for one person, would you double it if people are pairing?
Pairing isn't always necessarily done 100% of a dev task, so it seems that doubling the story points seems ...
