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Developing an online IDE [closed]

Firstly, I am doing this for a large project, and it is 100% necessary for it. I am an experienced programmer with strong knowledge of Python, C, Ruby, Javascript, JQuery, HTML/CSS (but I have no ...
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Do tools, like Windows Workflow, inhibit development growth? [closed]

I’ve had this gut feeling about Windows Workflow (WW) for a while now. And, until now, I couldn’t think of the right words to say in order to explain it. Since I think I have a good way to verbalize ...
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Writing your own framework or using an existing one? [duplicate]

I know there are similar questions to this one, and I've read most of them. Most of the answers to these questions are talking about "cost-effectiveness" and "time-saving" aspects of the frameworks, ...
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Gesture recognition and management paradigms [closed]

I had the occasion to play a little bit with severeal different multitouch or multi-input paradigm systems such as multitouch tablets,Kinect,Leap Motion... Despite the diffrences between those ...
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On Developing Web Services with Global State

I'm new to web programming. I'm more experienced and comfortable with client-side code. Recently, I've been dabbling in web programming through Python's Google App Engine. I ran into some difficulty ...
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Is perfectionism a newbie's friend or enemy? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Where do you draw the line for your perfectionism? I see that the development community is very focused on doing things the right way and personally I would like to do ...
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How to verify the Liskov substitution principle in an inheritance hierarchy?

Inspired by this answer: Liskov Substitution Principle requires that Preconditions cannot be strengthened in a subtype. Postconditions cannot be weakened in a subtype. Invariants ...
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Tips about how to spread Object Oriented practices

I work for a medium company that has around 250 developers. Unfortunately, lots of them are stuck in a procedural way of thinking and some teams constantly deliver big Transactional Script ...
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How can I get better at explaining complex software processes to developers?

I'm really struggling with my software specs. I am not a professional programmer but enjoy doing it for fun and made some software that I want to sell later but I'm not happy with the code quality. ...
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High resolution graphical representation of the Earth's surface

I've got a library, which I inherited, which presents a zoomable representation of the Earth. It's a Mercator projection and is constructed from triangles, the properties of which are stored in ...
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TDD - Outside In vs Inside Out

What is the difference between building an application Outside In vs building it Inside Out using TDD? These are the books I read about TDD and unit testing: Test Driven Development: By Example ...
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How to explain why design choices are good?

As I've become a better developer, I find that much of my design skill comes more from intuition than mechanical analysis. This is great. It lets me read code and get a feel for it quicker. It lets me ...
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Open source software with good code documentation to improve design skill [closed]

As I'm trying to get better at designing good software I'm wondering if there are out there good (as in well written) open source software with lot of code documentation that aims to explain details ...
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I feel I'm a good junior programmer, but how to become a good programmer who writes beautiful code? [closed]

As a beginner, I can say that in about six months I grasped very well many basic programming concepts. I began with php, then wen to c, then to java, and I know quite well the procedural and the ...
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Quick and Good: ( Requirement -> Validation -> Design ) for self use?

How to casually do the required Software Engineering and designing? I am an inexperienced developer and face the following problem: My company is a start up and has no fix Software engineering ...
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How can I help a 9-year-old learn to develop an application? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: What are some good tools for introducing kids to programming? My 9 year old is obsessed with developing an app, and I have no idea how to help him with this. Where/how ...
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When Interfacing with a 3rd Party API, What Can Make Things Challenging?

Reuse of components in development of software program are always exposed through the API's. Most of the products in today's world (such a facebook, google, .Net, JDK, ...) provide API's to reuse ...
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Best books on specific programming techniques [closed]

Volumes of books have been written on specific programming languages, generic analysis and design, basic algorithms and data structures, project management, general software engineering etc. However ...
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I know how to program, and how to learn how to program, but how/where do you learn how to make systems properly?

There are many things that need to be considered when making a system, let's take for example a web based system where users log in and interact with each other, creating and editing content. Now I ...
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Where do I start to learn systems analysis?

Though I learned Systems Analysis in college, I feel like I am out of date. All I really remember is certain aspects of the SDLC which I realize is a little passé. I've been on the implementation end ...