Coding style is a set of guidelines that helps readability and understanding of the source code.
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Which is preferred coding style to validate and return from a method [duplicate]
Which of the below is a preferred coding style (in c# .net)
public void DoWork(Employee employee)
{
if(employee == null)
return;
if(!string.IsNullOrEmpty(employee.Name))
return;
// Do ...
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Fixing problem for existing code [on hold]
I have to work on a project which is already done by 3 developers. My client seems to find bugs and ask me to fix it. But now i am seeing there are plenty of errors in the system. One main problem is ...
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Should you always pass the bare minimum data needed into a function
Let's say I have a function IsAdmin that checks whether a user is an admin. Let's also say that the admin checking is done by matching user id, name and password against some sort of rule (not ...
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More elegant way to avoid hard coding the format of a a CSV file?
I know this is trivial issue, but I just feel this can be more elegant.
So I need to write/read data files for my program, lets say they are CSV for now. I can implement the format as I see fit, but ...
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Resources for learning good code structure/stye for non-OO languages [closed]
A coworker asked me today if I could recommend any books on good code structure/style. He's working in C and all the ones I can think of are about OOA/D and OO design patterns.
Do you have any ...
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Coding convention question about AS3 duplicate variable definition
AS3's got some awkward rules about variable scope, due to its use of hoisting. I don't like pointlessly leaving a bunch of compiler warnings lying around, but it's more important to me for my code to ...
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Good or bad code? Or “a secret reason”?
I think this code:
if(file_exists("amodule.inc.php"))
require_once("amodule.inc.php");
is misleading because of the use of the require_once.
I think that - to keep the logic and "wording" ...
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Interview Coding Assignments… how much do they account for? [closed]
So I've ran into a couple of companies that requires completing coding assignments before they give you a phone interview. I'm curious, do these coding assignments account for anything after the ...
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Boolean condition before variable [duplicate]
I have noticed this style from time to time:
if ( 0 == myVar )
Rather than:
if ( myVar == 0 )
Is this just the individual programmers idiom? A defensive programming style? Does anyone know if it ...
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Arguments for conforming to PSR-2
I am trying to convince the lead developer of an open-source project I'm contributing to, to conform to the PSR standards (PSR-2 in particular) created by the PHP Framework Interop Group.
He is ...
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Correct comment to put for boolean function arguments that are “false”?
From some open source projects, I gathered the following coding style
void someFunction(bool forget);
void ourFunction() {
someFunction(false /* forget */);
}
I always have doubt about what ...
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Which is the better: a <= b or a < b+1 [closed]
For loops are usually inclusice, exclusive, meaning that you start at the bottom, and stops when you reach, but don't to the top.
In Python:
for i in range(0,a):
print(i)
would print 0 through ...
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Excessive use “this” keyword in Java [duplicate]
The this keyword is primarily used in three situations.
The first and most common is in setter methods to disambiguate variable references.
The second is when there is a need to pass the current ...
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Is nesting typedefs a good style?
Let's say I have a namespace my and this namespace contains a class foo.
What should I prefer nesting typedefs into my class or hold it in my namespace?
namespace my {
class foo {
// some stuff
...
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Should my team use some common well-regarded coding standard as a basis for own own?
The R&D team I'm in has decided to adopt a coding standard. We have only recently formed, and have too little code and common coding time of our own to base our standards/conventions document on ...
