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Why not expose a primary keyIn my education I have been told that it is a flawed idea to expose actual primary keys (not only DB keys, but all primary accessors) to the user. I always thought it to be a security problem …
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How do I create an environment where fixing tests is seen as a priority?I am a software engineer at a medium sized company. We have a fairly robust testing platform running on TeamCity. It does unit tests on every checkin, and a daily unit test/BVT run. The problem is …
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Why do so many websites prefer "git rebase" over "git merge"?One of the advantages of using a DVCS is the edit-commit-merge workflow (over edit-merge-commit often enforced by a CVCS). Allowing each unique change to be recorded in the repository independent of …
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What is the benefit of switching on Strings in Java 7?When I was starting to programme in Java, the fact that switch statements didn't take strings frustrated me. Then on using Enums, I realised the benefits that you get with them rather than passing …
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Is "If a method is re-used without changes, put the method in a base class, else create an interface" a good rule-of-thumb?A colleague of mine came up with a rule-of-thumb for choosing between creating a base class or an interface. He says: Imagine every new method that you are about to implement. For each of them, …
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The Inglish parser (for The Hobbit 1982)Was fascinated to read about the text adventure game The Hobbit which featured an incredibly robust parser called "Inglish": ...Inglish allowed one to type advanced sentences such as "ask Gandalf …
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What's the best Git workflow for working with an open source project with employer-specific changes?At my current employer, we are using an open-source project hosted on Github as a component of our application. I have been working on this project to both add some features that we need and to …
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If immutable objects are good, why do people keep creating mutable objects?If immutable objects¹ are good, simple and offer benefits in concurrent programming why do programmers keep creating mutable objects²? I have four years of experience in Java programming and as I see …
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If my team has low skill, should I lower the skill of my code?For example, there is a common snippet in JS to get a default value: function f(x) { x = x || 'default_value'; } This kind of snippet is not easily understood by all the members of my team, …
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How to ensure that all the customers have the latest version of web application deployed on intranet?How to update web application deployed on intranet? There is a Java Spring application that will be deployed on intranet of multiple customers. In case when there is a major update what should the …
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Whats the difference between OOCSS and SMACCS?What are the differences between OOCSS (Object Oriented CSS) and SMACSS (Scalable and Modular Architecture CSS)? I tried to find information on the differences, but did not find any good resources. …
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Understanding velocity update in Binary Particle Swarm OptimizationI am wondering how to interpret the velocity update in a Binary Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO). To recap the velocity update : V(t+1) = V(t) + c1 * r1 * (XlocalBest - X(t)) + c2 * …
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