Michael Durrant

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5h	comment	What is the reason for using lowercase for the first word in a local variable (eg, employeeCount, firstName) hmm, well I've certainly seen plenty of examples of that kinda code in real world production apps...
7h	answered	How do I convert a list of Requirements into Constraints?
Jun 16	answered	Should I use parentheses in logical statements even where not necessary?
Jun 16	revised	Forcing people to read and understand code instead of using comments, function summaries and debuggers? added 952 characters in body
Jun 16	answered	Forcing people to read and understand code instead of using comments, function summaries and debuggers?
Jun 15	answered	What does “extreme” in “extreme programming” (XP) refers to?
Jun 15	comment	How do you convince management to throw away a prototype? -1 the main link is broken
Jun 8	revised	Testing From A Developer's Perspective added 176 characters in body
Jun 8	answered	Testing From A Developer's Perspective
Jun 8	comment	Learn on the (new) job or take time off to learn? Very good point. Added that job offer should be in writing!
Jun 8	revised	Learn on the (new) job or take time off to learn? added 73 characters in body
Jun 8	asked	Learn on the (new) job or take time off to learn?
May 27	comment	What does “deploy to a physical machine” mean Yes, that's a great point. Note: Perhaps this comment was meant for Matthew's answer more than mine as he mentions physical servers and I don't, I just say 'production server' and that can be a physical one or a vm in the cloud :)
May 25	answered	What information should be in the github README.md?
May 25	answered	What does “deploy to a physical machine” mean
May 19	awarded	Nice Answer
May 19	comment	What to do when you are faced with programming task that you have never done? I find that the main issue at the beginning is just getting starting with something, anything and check it off just to start some momentum. Tackling the hardest part first has a much bigger risk of not getting started at all has been my experience.
May 18	answered	Create a database for database tables
May 18	revised	What to do when you are faced with programming task that you have never done? added 179 characters in body
May 18	answered	What to do when you are faced with programming task that you have never done?