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Sep
15
comment Recursion without factorial, Fibonacci numbers etc
A bill of Materials may be a directed grath rather then a tree, e.g. the same spec of screw can be used by more then one component.
Sep
12
answered What percentage of bugs should be stamped out before a project can be accepted as a stable release?
Sep
11
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Aug
26
answered Should programmers stay at the internship they had before they graduated?
Aug
25
comment Should I understand SVN before I jump to GIT?
When I looked at Git surport for windows, I found that a lot of Git users hated anyone that used windows, therefore we decided what hg was a better fit for us.
Aug
24
comment Balance between workload and helping new-hires
I see this recently when all the new hires were put on maintainance for current customers and most of the current programmers that knew the code base were “pimped” out to a new customer that was willing to pay large sums of money for consulting to extend the product.
Aug
24
answered Pros and cons of working truly remotely
Aug
24
comment Pros and cons of working truly remotely
how do you find cleints?
Aug
24
answered What kind of degree do I need to become a mobile application developer?
Aug
22
comment Best practices for graph representation of a system architecture?
Rememver, it is what you leave out of the architecture docs that make them quicker to use then just looking at the code.
Aug
22
answered When would polling for events be better than using observer pattern?
Aug
22
answered How far can I push refactoring without changing external behavior?
Aug
22
comment Are there UK agencies for freelance developers?
So what keywords work well?
Aug
1
comment What part of your work does a company own when you program for them?
see also discuss.joelonsoftware.com/default.asp?biz.5.834409.12, I think there is another post somewhere by jeol on this with lots of details
Jul
29
answered How much documentation should a client expect from a one-man team?
Jul
28
comment best way to “introduce” OOP/OOD to team of experienced C++ engineers
I agree that "coupling each between functions is unavoidable". However good design reduce the number of other functions each function is coupled too. (A class is just a means to this end)
Jul
28
answered best way to “introduce” OOP/OOD to team of experienced C++ engineers
Jul
27
comment What shall I include in a 10 week web technologies course?
@Raynos, But way teach people to write games when they are most likely to pick up work creating websites.
Jul
26
comment What shall I include in a 10 week web technologies course?
@Iain, but if you don't teach in detail other ways to do web sites what do you expect them to use as soon as they wish to go past static content?
Jul
26
revised What shall I include in a 10 week web technologies course?
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