What makes me NOT want to leave a company/client/shop

devlicio.us — What makes me NOT want to leave a company read more...

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Don't be clever 2 - The cost of cleverness

published 5 months, 15 days ago, submitted by dengar007 5 months, 15 days ago

codethinked.com — In the modern world of programming we need to be more cognizant of making our code readable and grokkable than to make it clever or sneaky. For 99% of the developers out there, no one is ever going to pat you on the back for being sneaky. You're probably more likely to get punched in the face for it when the team has to spend the weekend debugging a piece of your clever code. read more...

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Which kind of cast should you use in C#?

gen5.info — C# offers two casting operators: the prefix-cast and the as-cast. Although the two operators compile to different op-codes in the CLR, the practical difference between them is in how they handle failed casts. Prefix-cast throws an exception on cast failure, while as-cast returns null. It’s easier to implement correct error handling when you use prefix cast, because it doesn’t require manual checks for null values that can cause problems in distant parts of your program. Prefix-cast should be the default cast operator on your fingertips, that you use for everyday situations — reserve as-cast for special cases where performance matters. read more...

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How Super Mario Bros Made Me a Better Software Engineer

published 9 months, 1 day ago, submitted by EtienneTremblay 9 months, 1 day ago

blog.lavablast.com — Playing NES video games does have some advantages! read more...

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Sound of one man testing

devlicio.us — Recently I was chatting with a friend of mine and he asked if a single developer could be successful following TDD on a team that does not follow TDD. My simple answer was YES, they can. But there are a few things you must consider..... read more...

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Tell Me Your Unit Testing Pains

published 9 months, 28 days ago, submitted by wisemx 9 months, 28 days ago

haacked.com — ... Unfortunately, by most definitions of Unit Test, most of these tests are really integration tests. read more...

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Hundreds of design patterns, antipatterns and refactorings listed

published 10 months, 2 days ago, submitted by Jemm 10 months, 3 days ago

sourcemaking.com — Good source of common patterns (GoF etc), antipatterns and refactoring types. The examples are good and clear, but the code samples are only in Java/C++. However, the articles and samples are platform neutral enough to be useful even for .NET-purists like us ;) read more...

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Top 5 Attributes of Highly Effective Programmers

philosophicalgeek.com — Just an essential article. I would like to add "discipline" to this list. read more...

1 comment | category: Other | Views: 2