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| bio | website | sblackler.net |
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| location | Bournemouth, United Kingdom | |
| age | 23 | |
| visits | member for | 2 years |
| seen | Jan 30 at 17:04 | |
| stats | profile views | 16 |
I am a self-taught programmer originating from the Isle of Wight. I have approximately 3 years commercial experience in developing LOB applications for a wide range of customers (local companies to FTSE 100). During this time, I have honed my development skills across a wide range of platforms and frameworks including C#, VB.net, T-SQL, Web Services and Android programming.
I am currently training towards my MCSA SQL Server 2012 qualification alongside my degree in Computing from Bournemouth University (Graduating 2013). During my time at Bournemouth University, I have built an extensive knowledge in core networking protocols and architecture including TCP, IP (v4 & v6), DNS, ARP, HTTP, EMAIL (SMTP, POP3 and IMAP), WiMAX (802.16) and WiFi (802.11).
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Dec 17 |
awarded | Autobiographer |
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Nov 28 |
awarded | Popular Question |
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Jun 8 |
awarded | Caucus |
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Apr 11 |
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Is the phrase “never reinvent the wheel” suitable for students? I've posted a question on meta to see if there is a tag for these questions: meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/128948/… |
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Nov 10 |
asked | The cross-over between designing for performance/pre-mature optimisation |
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Jul 19 |
accepted | Questions about TDD and unit testing |
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Jul 17 |
asked | Questions about TDD and unit testing |
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May 25 |
accepted | What do you consider to be the essential design patterns? And do you use them? |
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May 24 |
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What do you consider to be the essential design patterns? And do you use them? Surely there are a set of patterns that pretty much every good developer uses. Example, MVC for a blog/website. |
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May 24 |
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What do you consider to be the essential design patterns? And do you use them? @Martin, I agree with your comment about backend developer not likely to use MVC. For a developer in a small company like myself, I tend to dip my hands in many jars. Since it is also my first programming job, I am looking for the things that would make me a better developer... patterns, standardising the way I do things. I am also keenly aware that I am not going to learn it all, so I would like to know what the community thinks are the "key" patterns. |
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May 24 |
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What do you consider to be the essential design patterns? And do you use them? I completely agree with you in terms of readability. Out of interest, how do you "make" your DAL? Do you keep in the same library/executable or do you move it to a separate library? I want to become more standard in the way I do things as the code I write works and is pretty good, but its a pain to maintain if im honest. I think that hampers my employability as well, but I don't want to be implementing patterns for the sake of it. |
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May 24 |
asked | What do you consider to be the essential design patterns? And do you use them? |
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May 17 |
awarded | Scholar |
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May 17 |
awarded | Supporter |
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May 11 |
awarded | Student |
