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When to prefer print over logging?
Generally print statements are frowned upon in favor to logging. But are there any situations where I should prefer using print statements? In a interactive command line application, if I ask for user ...
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Forgetting about the utils [closed]
Let's say my language's standard library does not include TrickyFunction(). Since implementation seems quite trivial for me, I decide to create utils in the project and add such function, for others ...
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Should function names describe their parameter types?
If you wish to perform the same action using different parameters, you can either make differently named functions: public Apple findAppleById(long id){ return repo.findById(id); } public Apple ...
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1answer
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How to balance 'efficient' vs 'clean' code? [closed]
I have been coding in python for a little over a year, and I have learned a lot and developed quite a few applications, in the process. I do not program for my profession, I simply program ...
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1answer
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counting identifiers and operators as code size metric
I'm looking for a code metric for monitor and track over time the size of several projects and their components. Also, I would like to use it for: evaluate size reduction after refactoring compare ...
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4answers
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How to use Macros in Programming to make code faster, efficient and compact
Recently I was going through some of the source-codes of the best competitive programmers in the world. I found out that those people use a template while writing programs, preferably in C++. I have ...
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Negation of sameness is confirmation of difference [closed]
De Morgan's laws: the negation of a disjunction is the conjunction of the negations; and the negation of a conjunction is the disjunction of the negations; or, the same: not (A or B) = not A and not B;...
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Property file, annotations or database tables for storing configurations
Which one is better property file, annotations or database tables for storing configurations related to a program? What are the advantages/disadvantages and what use cases are best suited for each ...
2votes
1answer
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Guard block moved to the bottom [closed]
Sometimes it is a good idea to have a guard block: https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/a/157413 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guard_(computer_science) Guard block guards against special ...
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Is it good practice to make everything internal in C#?
In our solution we have a couple of projects, a project for data layer, service layer, business layer. etc. Inside the business layer, we use models to transfer data from classes to classes. Is it ...
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7answers
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How do you know where you stopped in your codes after a 2-week break? [closed]
I just had a more than 2-week long vacation/business trip and I couldn't remember actually what was I working in my coding and where I stopped. Could someone recommend a best practice to solve this?
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What is a good method/practice I can employ to keep identical code snippits in two places in sync? Also, help documenting functionals
If I could get some input on the design of this, I would be grateful as well. Note that I'm programming in python. There's a function F that takes lots of data, runs some analysis on it (taking ...
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2answers
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Using "On" at the start of a method name
From what I've observed, methods that start with the word "On" fall into two categories: A base class that defines an event will expose a protected method whose name starts with "On" followed by the ...
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1answer
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How hard should I try to write idiomatic code in a polyglot environment?
I work on a small team (2 primaries with one or two other occasional contributors) on a project/product that spans a number of separate platforms. We do embedded firmware in straight C on Arm0 chips. ...
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What should a constructor contain?
What should a constructor contain? In both cases, all three arguments are needed for the class to work. Which approach is better and why? 1) class Language { LanguageRepository ...
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