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How to change a data model
In my model a user entity has three attributes : ID, name, hasBoyfriend. I want now to change hasBoyfriend to boyFriendsNames which is an array of names . The user entity is used by many services. The ...
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Why are software requirements allowed to change if it means more work for software engineers? [closed]
In many projects, software requirements change, sometimes meaning we software engineers have to throw out our work and start over. Heck, we have entire methodologies built around the assumption that ...
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Are there any techniques for detecting redundancies a stream of changes to a filesystem?
I'm working on a file-synchronization client that currently produces a stream of changes to the underlying filesystem. That is a stream of create/update/move/delete events is produced for each ...
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When should a team prefer to introduce a change incrementally instead of a complete refactor of the code?
I like to try out stuff in projects I am in. When something doesn't seem right to me, I like to implement a new thing, see if it fits or not for a while, and then, slowly implement it to the rest of ...
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How Continuous Integration testing deals with software changes
When we are developing a software supported by continuous integration (CI), I imagine 3 roles working together: Software developers, adding functionality to the system with merges to the repository. ...
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Is it a bad idea to use a Beta warning on an onworking web application?
I'm currently working on an online app that includes many fairly new (for the company) features and they fall outside my expertise area by far, which means the edges may not be really well rounded yet....
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OData - Handling Structural Changes
Working with the Success Factors OData API and encountering issues whenever the schema is modified. For example this morning my code broke because a new column was added to provide new functionality. ...
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How to write highly changeable, highly complex software? [closed]
I know questions like this has been asked before. But none of them truly answered me. How to keep a big and complex software product maintainable over the years? How do you organize highly customized ...
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How do you sync changes to the data in your database? [closed]
I am new to a team developing a very large web application. Prior to my start, the team had 0 automation in place and just did everything by hand. This was possible because they were only a team of 2. ...
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Agile Scrum - Importance of requirement gathering and documentation and suggestions to improve
We are using agile scrum methodologies for developing and maintaining a product. Since we are a product company, we do not work with customer directly on day to day basis, but instead communicate with ...
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Architectural / Application Practices to guard against 'breaking changes'
We have an application where the customer has changed their mind about a large area of functionality and this area requires a large amount of re-work. Whilst the re-work itself is not an issue, it ...
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How does a developer code in anticipation of change? [closed]
I ask this question based on the fact that currently my environment is under constant change due to the type of work we do. We do not always work on a project bases we often have smaller changes that ...
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What's the purpose of keeping a changelog if everyone uses their VCS properly?
Every VCS that I've seen includes a means (and sometimes requires you) to make a log of what a particular commit does. If this history is being properly kept, what is the purpose of manually keeping ...
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Should we avoid using design patterns in constantly changing projects?
A friend of mine is working for a small company on a project every developer would hate: he's pressured to release as quickly as possible, he's the only one who seem to care about technical debt, the ...
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How to handle unexpected schema changes to production database
Is it a common or normal practice to encounter schema changes, especially renamed or removed columns, in a production database, without having been notified of the change? If unexpected schema ...
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