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Tips for working fast [closed]
What are some tips for helping to design and construct applications faster?
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How do I make complex SQL queries easier to write?
I'm finding it very difficult to write complex SQL queries involving joins across many (at least 3-4) tables and involving several nested conditions. The queries I'm being asked to write are easily ...
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Tips on persuading boss that code review is a good thing
How would you persuade your Boss that code reviews are worth the time (and hence cost)?
Especially if, say, you worked in a hypothetical company that had several developers but they rarely worked ...
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How can a Right-Brainer Deal with Massive Left-Brainer Code? [closed]
I'm an artist, mostly, though I describe myself as a artist/physicist. While I can do math, deal with words, and the "logical" stuff considered left-brain, it's an effort and I make mistakes, ...
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Should I worry about switching over from IPv4 to IPv6?
As you must be aware that IPv4 addresses ar almost over and the switch to IPv6 is imminent, should I, as a programmer need to worry about anything to make my applications work with the new system ?
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How do you deal with e-mail overload? [closed]
Probably many of you receive hundreds/thousands of e-mail every week. This happens especially when you are part of wide distribution lists.
How do you find the relevant ones? Do you use any smart ...
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How to make a training session effective?
In recent months I've been working on a project, and two weeks from now I'm leaving the company. I've scheduled a 4-hour training session next week in order to train my colleagues (the team leader and ...
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One stop shop for good coding practices and performance tips? [closed]
While this may be a very subjective question I was wondering if there's a place (or many places) on the web where one can read up about good coding and performance tips for different languages and how ...
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As a right-brainer, how do I become a better software developer/computer scientist? [closed]
I'm studying computer science at university, and so for a long time I thought I'm a left-brainer (which I guess is the normal case for people working in the field of IT). But recently I noticed that I ...
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Best Practices and Tips for Reading Source Code [closed]
Code reading is an important part of a programmer's life because we usually work in groups and have to maintain, complete or contribute to the other developer's codes. From that point of view, code ...
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Faq and Best tips Regarding Learning Database?
For a programmer with no prior exposure to databases
What would be a good database to learn Oracle vs SQLserver vs MySQLvs PostgreSQL?
I have come across lot of discussion MySQL and PostgreSQL and ...
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How to overcome the fear of building a web application with a recurring payment system?
I'm a Ruby on Rails developer. I'd like to create a web application. I will let users get a payed subscription to use the product. So I will need a recurring billing system (e.g. via paypal).
But ...
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SVN repository host for pet projects
I need a subversion repository for a couple of projects I'm working on with friends/colleagues, in particular one that:
Is cheap;
Has an high data storage/transfer limit;
Does not have unlimited ...
