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How to set up variable installation directory?
I have a couple projects that depend on additional files, like images or config files.
When compiling and installing a programs like Okular with cmake, I can specify an installation directory and let ...
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Best practices for refactoring parameter file structure in multiple environments
Background info and what I've tried
Within each of two mostly distinct environments, say 'Research' and 'Production', there is a need for a structured parameter file. The file contains things like ...
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In Python, what is the proper testing structure for packages containing packages? [closed]
Which is the preferred test package structure for packages containing subpackages:
Tests in Subpackages?
a/
__init__.py
b.py
c/
__init__.py
cc.py
test/
__init__.py
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How are new file formats constructed?
I've used a software suite that is installed in offices and on remote vessels. The installations communicate back and forth, and they do that by using a simple proprietary file format that looks ...
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Version-control friendly, append-only file format: “binary” or “text”?
I'm designing an append-only ("journaled") file format, and I'd like it to be friendly towards being stored in VCS (git/Mercurial/...).
On one hand, I'd like if after each change, only delta ...
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Does Jar file shrinker affect performance
I've heard ProGuard's Jar shrinker affects the performance of you application. Is this true? And if so just how much slower does the Jar go shrinked compared to unshrinked?
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How to explain to your colleages to stop creating packages and classes named “Utils”?
In most of the projects at work it will eventually show up a package, a class (or multiple packages and classes) named "Utils", where every kind of function is dumped into.
It becomes excruciating ...
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Is there a proper way to create a file format?
I'm building a proprietary file format for an application I wrote in C# .NET to store save information and perhaps down the line project assets. Is there a standard on how to do this in any way? I was ...
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organising classes / folder structure for TDD-based development
Due to test-driven development, one ends up with many classes doing just one thing. It is quite a headache just to see where such classes would be placed inside the folder structure.
First of all, ...
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Grouping classes by subject or dependencies?
Our project consists of user application and server application. The server application prepares data files that the user application consumes. Because the data is huge, it is stored in custom format. ...
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How to structure classes in the filesystem?
I have a few (view) classes.
Table, Tree, PagingColumn, SelectionColumn, SparkLineColumn, TimeColumn.
currently they're flat under app/view like this:
app/view/Table
app/view/Tree
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Is using something other than XML advisable for my configuration file?
I have a small tool I'm designing which would require a configuration file of some sort. The configuration file in my case is really more of a database, but it needs to be lightweight, and if needed ...
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Why is the code section called a text section?
The section of an executable that contains code is sometimes called the .text section. In segmented memory architectures, a segment mapped as code is sometimes called a text segment. The unix error ...
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Considerations when designing a file type
I'm about to start writing a process for saving some data structure from code in to a file of some proprietary, as-yet-undefined type. However, I've never designed a file type or structure before.
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Project Resource Organization and Structure at Cocos2d-X Development
Cocos2d-X is a game engine framework based on Cocos2d-iPhone, which consists of expanding supported platforms, with multiple choice of programming languages thats shares the same API structure.
What ...
