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Is it a good practice to create a ClassCollection of another Class?

Lets says I have a Carclass: public class Car { public string Engine { get; set; } public string Seat { get; set; } public string Tires { get; set; } } Lets say we're making a system ...
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Rules about the concreteness of method parameter types, return types and property types

Some time ago I read a kind of "rule of thumb" about the concreteness of method parameter types, return types and property types, but I just do not remember it. It said something about keep your ...
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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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Should the methods of a class call its own getters and setters?

Where I work I see lots of classes that do things like this: public class ClassThatCallsItsOwnGettersAndSetters { private String field; public String getField() { return field; ...
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Would it be better to have extra checks, or would it be a waste of time?

In your opinion, do you think it is a waste of time to make checks that you know there is no possible way of it being there/not being there, or would you just put it there just in case there is a bug ...
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Why should a class be anything other than “abstract” or “final/sealed”?

After 10+ years of java/c# programming, I find myself creating either: abstract classes: contract not meant to be instantiated as-is. final/sealed classes: implementation not meant to serve as base ...
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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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Design pattern and best practices [closed]

I am an iPhone developer. I am quite confident on developing iPhone application with some minimal feature. I would consider myself as a fair application developer but the code I write is not so much ...
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Why to say, my function is of IFly type rather than saying it's Airplane type

Say, I have two classes: Airplane and Bird, both of them fly. Both implement the interface IFly. IFly declares a function StartFlying(). Thus both Airplane and Bird have to define the function, and ...
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How can I get my progress reviewed as a solo junior developer

I am currently working for a 2 person company, as the solo primary developer. My boss gets the clients, mocks up some png design templates and hands them over to me. This system has been working fine ...
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OO Software Architecture - base class that everything inherits from. Bad/good idea?

I am reviewing a proposed OO software architecture that looks like this: Base Foo Something Bar SomethingElse Where Base is a static class. My immediate thought was that every object in any ...
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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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Is there a limit on how many global consts are used before an application is considered bad programming?

Basically, I develop websites, some large with many crud operations, etc... However I've gotten into the habit of storing re-usable data as a constant in my PHP applications I currently have 44 ...
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Multiple Same Object Instantiation

What exactly happens in Java when you instantiate the same object multiple times? For example: Test test = new Test(); then later on I will call it again, Test test = new Test(); again or inside a ...
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What do you call an interface with no defining methods used as property setters

In ASP.NET and C# I've ran across this before. Your class needs to implement interface ISomething in order for something in the super class to supply something to you. I can't remember the details, ...
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What are the problems which I will face if all the classes I use are loosely coupled

Loosely coupled classes gives flexibility. If I understand it right, Event flow, Observer Pattern and Design Patterns like MVC focus on loose coupling. So in this context I am aiming towards making a ...
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I cannot understand the application of oops How can I develop the understanding of application of oops?

I am struggling hard to learn the application of Object Oriented Programming since last 2 years. I am a developer in PHP technology, I am aware of almost all the basics of OOPS, but still cannot find ...
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Does mobile based (Android) development, benefit from Object Oriented Programming?

My development on Android is based on scientific programs and while I'm building these most of the code is in one or two long classes. When I come to deploy these programs I try to decouple everything ...
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using static methods and classes

I know that static methods/variables are associated with the class and not the objects of the class and are useful in situations when we need to keep count of, say the number of objects of the class ...
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Should we avoid object creation in Java?

I was told by a colleague that in Java object creation is the most expensive operation you could perform. So I can only conclude to create as few objects as possible. This seems somewhat to defeat ...
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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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Should main method be only consists of object creations and method calls?

A friend of mine told me that, the best practice is class containing main method should be named Main and only contains main method. Also main method should only parse inputs, create other objects and ...
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Checking if a method returns false: assign result to temporary variable, or put method invocation directly in conditional?

Is it a good practice to call a method that returns true or false values in an if statement? Something like this: private void VerifyAccount() { if (!ValidateCredentials(txtUser.Text, ...
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Which is a better practice - helper methods as instance or static?

This question is subjective but I was just curious how most programmers approach this. The sample below is in pseudo-C# but this should apply to Java, C++, and other OOP languages as well. Anyway, ...
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Best way to break down overwhelming code into mangeable chunks?

I'm continually becoming overwhelmed by large projects, once they reach a certain level of complexity. Once I reach a certain point in a project, my progress slows to a crawl and I find myself ...
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When designing a protocol, is it better for a method to accept a single object of a specific type, or an array?

I'm currently designing a protocol for internal use, so it doesn't make a huge difference in this particular case, but it got me wondering: Is it better for a method to accept a single object of a ...
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What benefit do I get from good methodology?

One of my friends has worked for nearly 10 years, asked me why he needs to learn new things such as unit-testing, MVC, Multi-tier architecture (he creates 3-tier application but designs like 2-tier), ...