Should commit history be used to convey critical information to developers?
rjzii asks: During a meeting regarding the rollback of a third-party SDK from the latest version, it was noted that the SDK developers already announced in the commit history that the latest version...
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Gaz_Edge asks: Over the last few years, the trend for client-side (browser) applications has really taken off. For my latest project, I have decided to try and move with the times and write a...
View ArticleIn a dynamically typed language, is it a bad idea to return different data...
Daniel Kaplan asks: I come from a statically typed language background (Java). In Java, you have to return a single type from every method. For example, you can't have a method that conditionally...
View ArticleWhy is polling accepted in Web development?
dennis asks: I am currently working on a Ruby on Rails project which shows a list of images. A must-have for this project is that it shows new posts in realtime without the need of refreshing the Web...
View ArticleHow do I remember what I was working on and why several months ago?
TheIndependentAquarius asks: I was working on a project three months ago when suddenly another urgent project appeared and I was asked to shift my attention. Starting tomorrow, I'll be heading back to...
View ArticleWhy was the first compiler written before the first interpreter?
anguyen asks: The first compiler was written by Grace Hopper in 1952 while the Lisp interpreter was written in 1958 by John McCarthy's student Steve Russell. Writing a compiler seems like a much harder...
View ArticleHow to manage accidental complexity in software projects?
davidk01 asks: When Murray Gell-Mann was asked how Richard Feynman managed to solve so many hard problems Gell-Mann responded that Feynman had an algorithm: Write down the problem. Think real hard....
View ArticleHow do you avoid being forked into oblivion?
Den asks: As recently reported, "Xamarin has forked Cocos2D-XNA, a 2D/3D game development framework, creating a cross-platform library that can be included in PCL projects." However the founder of the...
View ArticleWhy throw early and catch late?
here asks: There are many well-known best practices about exception handling in isolation. I know the "do's and don'ts" well enough, but things get complicated when it comes to best practices or...
View ArticleWhy is software OS specific?
user139929 asks: I'm trying to determine the technical details of why software produced using programming languages for certain operating systems only work with them. It is my understanding that...
View ArticleShould I follow the normal path or fail early?
jao asks: From the Code Complete book comes the following quote: "Put the normal case after the 'if' rather than after the 'else'"Read full article Comments
View ArticleAm I being taken advantage of during the job application test?
CodeWarrior asks: I am looking for a job and have applied to a number of positions. One employer responded. I had a pretty lengthy phone interview (perhaps more than an hour) and they then set me up...
View ArticleShould I break up code commits?
durron597 asks: I was naughty. Too much "cowboy coding," not enough committing. Now, here I am with an enormous commitment. Yes, I should have been committing all along, but it's too late now. What is...
View ArticleIs there a benefit to compiling your code as you go?
CaptainCodeman asks: I recently had a job interview in which they gave me an hour to write some real code. It wasn't a huge amount, probably less than 100 lines. After about 45 minutes, I compiled, ran...
View ArticleShould you go forward with a project if the code isn’t clean?
solidsnake asks: I'm a beginner Web developer (one year of experience). A couple of weeks after graduating, I got offered a job to build a web application for a company whose owner is not much of a...
View ArticleKeep a programming language backwards compatible or fix its flaws?
Radu Murzea asks: First, some context (stuff that most of you know anyway): Every popular programming language has a clear evolution, most of the time marked by its version: you have Java 5, 6, 7 etc.,...
View ArticleWhy is it so hard to make a Java program appear native?
user3150201 asks: Most Java applications don't look the same as C/C++ applications. Swing might have been designed on purpose to have a distinctive look. SWT for example tried to look native and...
View ArticleWhy is multiple inheritance so abhorred?
Panzercrisis asks: I've always liked the idea of having multiple inheritance supported in a language. Most often though it's intentionally forgone, and the supposed "replacement" is interfaces....
View ArticleHow to implement a self-destruct feature into free trial software?
theGreenCabbage asks: I am interested in implementing a free trial version to my existing software. I plan on having the trial last 14 days. Upon the 14th day, my software would prompt the user to...
View ArticleHow to handle divide by zero in a language that doesn’t support exceptions?
Mathew Foscarini asks: I'm in the middle of developing a new programming language to solve some business requirements, and this language is targeted at novice users. So there is no support for...
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