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Apr 23 |
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Is deep nesting of control flow in code a studied problem? If "proof by authority" is acceptable, you might use the relevant material from Microsoft's Code Complete (2nd ed.), which IIRC recommends no more than 3 or 4 nesting levels in Sec. 19.4 (arguing clarity of understanding is lost beyond that point). |
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Apr 22 |
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What is the best way to prove that in-code documentation is greater than extensive external documentation? Are there dedicated QA resources assigned to the project? |
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Feb 25 |
awarded | Constituent |
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Feb 25 |
awarded | Caucus |
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Feb 4 |
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How do I avoid feature creep on a solo project? Are you a sole developer on this project? Large team projects find it indispensable to have milestones to make delivery schedules manageable, but those of us who fly solo can also benefit from methodologies like feature-driven development. |
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Jan 14 |
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Recursion or while loops Recursion means a function whose definition entails calling itself. |
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Jan 11 |
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Recursion or while loops Here is a blog by Guido van Rossum as to why he doesn't want tail-recursion optimization in Python (supporting the notion that different languages take distinct tactical approaches). |
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Aug 16 |
awarded | Citizen Patrol |
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Aug 16 |
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SQL Server 2000 vs 2008 Express? A possible duplicate on StackOverflow: Limitations of SQL Server Express. Note that the size limit in SQL Server Express 2008 is up to 10Gb. However performance is constrained by single CPU threading and 1Gb RAM working memory. |
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Aug 5 |
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Smalltalk Beginner needs help Corrected spelling, minor format tweaking |
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Aug 5 |
suggested | suggested edit on Smalltalk Beginner needs help |
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Aug 5 |
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Smalltalk Beginner needs help Smalltalk has the "message passing" paradigm for OOP, which is not used in the Java/C++ language family. In this respect Objective-C is somewhat closer in spirit to Smalltalk. |
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Aug 5 |
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Smalltalk Beginner needs help Added a confirmed link |
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Aug 5 |
answered | Smalltalk Beginner needs help |
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Jul 19 |
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Why does XMLHttpRequest not seem to follow a naming convention? Note that while XML and URL are commonly all-caps, references to lowercase http are ubiquitous in HTML. So XMLHttpRequest may be viewed as camel casing of the combined identifiers. |
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Jul 16 |
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God Files versus Ravioli Code I agree with this sentiment. The hallmark of a good design is that when bugs need fixing or features need to be added, it is pretty obvious where to make changes, and ideally these changes are well localized and easily tested. "Spaghetti code" is of course frowned upon for failing these expectations. |
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Jul 10 |
awarded | Fanatic |
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Jun 8 |
awarded | Caucus |
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May 1 |
awarded | Enthusiast |
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Jan 29 |
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A good tool for browser automation/client-side Web scripting @MarkTrapp: Thanks for the courtesy of your reply. I believe you have misunderstood that point in the FAQ, but I'll mention my concern on meta. |
