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Is there a name for being able to quickly find the relevant code?

I notice that a property of codebases that I like hacking on is that it's quick to find the relevant code for some feature, without knowing much about the code base at all. For example, searching for ...
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How do the Application and Database Interface Layers interact at their boundary?

I was watching one of Uncle Bob's videos and he brought up the Database Interface Layer. He had this diagram showing it: These arrows show that the DB Interface Layer is aware of and calls the ...
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Educating Teams - Software Craftsmanship and Best Practices [closed]

I'm part of a team that's responsible for trying to spread better coding practices to other teams. These ideas are things like software craftsmanship, professionalism, learning new technology, ...
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How to avoid giant glue methods?

In my current job, I've been tasked with cleaning up old code a few times. Often the code is a labyrinth and the data behind it is even more tangled. I find myself combing out things into nice, ...
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Ledger or log design for a point-based system?

Right now creating a new service that will integrate into our company's existing platform. The service will be responsible for tracking "points" that a user can generate over time through certain ...
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POST/Redirect/GET with invalid form submission?

In the field of web development, is it good practice to do a POST/Redirect/GET when fields in a form submission are invalid, as well? Typically, no sensitive transaction would have taken place, in ...
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Learning good OOP design & unlearning some bad habits [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: What books or resources would you recommend to learn practical OO design and development concepts? I have been mostly a C programmer so far in my career with knowledge ...
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Defining formula through user interface in user form [closed]

I am a student and developing a simple assignment - windows form application in visual studio 2010. The application is suppose to construct formulas as per user requirement. The process: It has to ...
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Returning an IQueryable from an IRepository

Using the Repository pattern, is it proper to return an IQueryable of a data set (table), for generic usage? It is very handy in many cases, especially when using external libraries that leverage ...
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How long does one have to wait to consider design change in code?

I had a few days ago. I was having trouble with threads. Had lots of questions asked on StackOverflow and honestly for the first time I did not get the answer I was looking for. Finally, I decided to ...
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Pending and Approval process

So let's say I have a DB table with 8 columns, one is a unique auto-incrementing used as ID. So I have a page that pulls in the info for each row based on query string ID. I want to give my users ...
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When decomposing a large function, how can I avoid the complexity from the extra subfunctions?

Say I have a large function like the following: function do_lots_of_stuff(){ { //subpart 1 ... } ... { //subpart N ... } } a common pattern is to decompose it ...
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Is OOP becoming easier or harder?

When the concepts of Object Oriented Programming were introduced to programmers years back it looks interesting and programming was cleaner. OOP was like this Stock stock = new Stock(); ...
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When module calling gets ugly

Has this ever happened to you? You've got a suite of well designed, single-responsibility modules, covered by unit tests. In any higher-level function you code, you are (95% of the code) simply ...
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Best overview to modern C++ paradigms?

I used to write C++ extensively between 8 and 10 years ago. I have since moved on to C# for professional reasons. However, from time to time I see statements like "If you're still manually ...
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Alternatives to the singleton pattern

I have read different opinions about the singleton pattern. Some maintain that it should be avoided at all costs and others that it can be be useful in certain situations. One situation in which I ...
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Any Course/Lecture videos on Design Patterns

I am planning to read some design patterns and I took the book on "design patterns in C++' by gang of four. However, I am not really some one who reads book and prefers reading slides/watching course ...
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When to stop inheritance?

Once upon time ago I asked a question on Stack Overflow about inheritance. I have said I design chess engine in OOP fashion. So I inherit all my pieces from Piece abstract class but inheritance still ...
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Lazy Processing of Streams

I have the following problem scenario: I have a text file and I have to read it and split it into lines. Some lines might need to be dropped (according to criteria that are not fixed). The lines ...
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Low coupling processing big quantities of data

Usually I achieve low coupling by creating classes that exchange lists, sets, and maps between them. Now I am developing a Java batch application and I can't put all the data inside a data structure ...
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Should injecting dependencies be done in the ctor or per method?

Consider: public class CtorInjectionExample { public CtorInjectionExample(ISomeRepository SomeRepositoryIn, IOtherRepository OtherRepositoryIn) { this._someRepository = ...
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How do you motivate your team colleagues to learn, use and apply best practices? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How do you motivate peers to become better developers? How do you promote and how do you assure that in your new project best practices like unit testing, TDD, ...
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What is pattern based programming?

Can somebody explain the obsession with patterns and anti-patterns in programming? I ask because I have absolutely no idea what any of the patterns mean. When faced with a programming task I think ...