Source code is any collection of computer instructions (possibly with comments) written using some human-readable computer language, usually as text.
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Good idea to put bug numbers in a comment in the beginning of the source file?
Is it a good practice to put bug numbers in the file itself inside a comment right after copyright message? What does the greater developer community think of this practice?
MODIFIED (MM/DD/YY)
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Where should I start reading AngularJS's source code?
After reading this article I realized that I really didn't read any "serious" source code during my 3-years as a professional developer.
Recently I started a new web-project which makes heavy use of ...
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Is virtual machine image a good protection for source code?
We have developed an application that is sold as an online service. After some time we realized that some of customers would need/prefer/require to have it installed locally on their intranet. However ...
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Classes and library archive [duplicate]
We are a group of 5 developers(scientists end engineers) that write code in C++. What we would like to do is to make all the code available to all the developers easily. The first step in this process ...
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Win loss code that does not make 1-0 record better than someone like 20-3
ok, am just looking for a win loss code example. This can be for any language, just wanting the outline. Fairly new to programming, so dummy it up for me :)
I can do (win-loss/total of win loss). ...
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Source code vs source files? [closed]
I'm in a situation with my company where this may be an important distinction.
Is there any distinction between "source code" and "source files" in a technical context?
Is there any distinction ...
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File with Apache 2.0 and my modifications
I read the original text of Apache License, Version 2.0 and the explanation in plain English.
OK, I copy a class distributed by The Best Company in the World, their license, and modify the code a ...
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How to present code in academic work?
Actually, I'm writing my undergrad thesis, that consists in analysing the BitTorrent algorithm and see its application on Transmission client as an example of implementation.
Reading through its ...
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Code structure for multiple applications with a common core
I want to create two applications that will have a lot of common functionality. Basically, one system is a more advanced version of the other system. Let's call them Simple and Advanced. The Advanced ...
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Hyperlinked, externalized source code documentation
Why do we still embed natural language descriptions of source code (i.e., the reason why a line of code was written) within the source code, rather than as a separate document?
Given the expansive ...
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Code rebranding [closed]
I make code for company that changed owner (and name). I wonder how should I change copyright notices. Shall I change year from 1998 OldCompanyName to 2013 PresentCompanyName or I should write 1998 ...
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“Open source” proprietary software licenses? [closed]
I am writing some software that (for once - usually I open source stuff on sourceforge/github/etc.) I plan on selling. To each source file, I want to attach a proprietary software license that doesn't ...
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Source code “prints” at release
Is there a best practice for how to document the source code you're releasing?
Currently, we have a table of the versions of the software, what SVN tag it's labeled as, what SVN rev that tag was ...
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Run jQuery search on a URL's content
I'd like to create a program/application to iterate through all of a Tumblr user's posts and copy the content from each. In essence it'd be like Tumblripper, but download the text and video URLs in ...
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How do you put a price on your source code?
I was asked to sell the source code (along with existing users) of small utility app I created years ago. I've investigated how to put a price on the source code but so far haven't come up with a good ...
