The use of existing code for creating new software.
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Where should I place my interface?
I have an interface to communicate with a DB (actually it is not a database, but this is to give a concrete example):
interface DbInterface{
Result sendQuery(Query q);
}
And I am trying to ...
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Is there a term for reusing code by retyping it?
I built a prototype ("one to throw away") a while ago, and I'm rebuilding it now as an alpha. My goodness, it's been worth it.
I reused some of the prototype code by copy-pasting then modifying it, ...
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common infrastructure for web apps using asp.net mvc
How to build a common infrastructure for my web apps using asp.net mvc, and efficiently manage it?
The goal is to increase developer productivity. The common infrastructure stuff includes visual ...
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Reusing open-source code that doesn’t specify a license
I am creating a module for a CMS. I found a PHP code in github that does some work for me. The author has not clearly stated the license for the code. Since it is in github and is publicly available, ...
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Better design for a generic doubly linked list around which I plan to make different wrappers?
I am currently writing a C code for a doubly linked list(dll) around which I want to write wrapers for implementing stack, queues etc. instead of writing separate codes for all of them.
I'll be ...
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Managing Multiple Projects that Share Code + Customization [closed]
I recently became lead developer of a project at my first non-internship programming position. I've been there for 8 months since I've graduated in December. The project is a web service we offer that ...
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Should the search engine return a dictionary or strongly typed objects?
I'm building a search engine using Lucene.NET / Solr.NET, and I'm wondering should search hits be returned as a dictionary or strongly typed object.
public class SearchResult
{
public string ...
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Does software reuse preclude process repeatability
The Problem - Code Reuse
I was thinking about this question on software delivery, and I kept coming back to the issue of repeatability and / or reproducibility. They matter, because if you don’t ...
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managing information/functionality on shared common project classes
In my company, we have a common solution the contains common projects (2 projects so far, one for .net 3.5 and one for .net 4.5).
My main problem is that during time, a lot of code is added, for ...
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Refactor working code for reuse or duplicate?
I have always avoided duplicating code regardless of the circumstance. For example, if I have a working piece of functionality that needs to be re-used by different entities, I always refactor to ...
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2answers
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Code Reuse and Abstraction in FP vs OOP [closed]
I've been told that code reuse and abstraction in OOP is far more difficult to do than it is in FP, and that all the claims that have been made about Object Orientedness (for lack of a better term) ...
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Sharing business logic between server-side and client-side of web application?
Quick question concerning shared code/logic in back and front ends of a web application.
I have a web application (Rails + heavy JS) that parses metadata from HTML pages fetched via a user supplied ...
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What features should a programming language have to say it has good reusability? [closed]
What should a programming language have so that it can be said to promote good reusability? Only generics and functions come to my mind when I hear the word reusability. What else make a programming ...
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What did Rich Hickey mean when he said, “All that specificity [of interfaces/classes/types] kills your reuse!”
In Rich Hickey's thought-provoking goto conference keynote "The Value of Values" at 29 minutes he's talking about the overhead of a language like Java and makes a statement like, "All those interfaces ...
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How to avoid code duplication across unrelated projects [duplicate]
I'm a contractor at a large Telco where I'm usually working on several different projects at once.
The VCSs I use (mainly git and mercurial) tend to make me keep the code bases for unrelated ...
