User Steven Evers

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45 answers

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What popular "best practices" are not always best, and why? [closed]

asked Oct 26, 2010 at 17:37

29 votes

9 answers

8k views

What's your view on using other people's code? [duplicate]

asked Sep 27, 2010 at 0:34

23 votes

17 answers

18k views

Is "Computer Science != Software Engineering" an excuse to teach programming poorly?

asked Oct 13, 2010 at 15:31

22 votes

8 answers

8k views

Do immutable objects and DDD go together?

asked Nov 29, 2010 at 21:22

19 votes

6 answers

4k views

How do you go about training a replacement? [closed]

asked Dec 14, 2010 at 15:00

19 votes

6 answers

1k views

What do you do with a heisenbug? [duplicate]

asked Oct 26, 2010 at 22:32

19 votes

11 answers

2k views

What should you leave behind for your successors?

asked Oct 8, 2010 at 19:31

19 votes

4 answers

2k views

Are there advantages to using a DVCS for a solo developer?

asked Oct 10, 2010 at 3:31

18 votes

7 answers

15k views

Is throwing an exception from a property bad form?

asked Nov 3, 2010 at 23:52

18 votes

6 answers

1k views

What are the common revenue models for free-software companies?

asked Dec 31, 2010 at 21:36

15 votes

33 answers

43k views

What are the most popular IDEs per language? [closed]

asked Sep 21, 2010 at 15:38

12 votes

8 answers

1k views

How do you decide what to work on in your own time? [closed]

asked Sep 24, 2010 at 4:47

12 votes

7 answers

248 views

What happens at [platform] user groups?

asked Oct 8, 2010 at 18:55

11 votes

4 answers

608 views

Does an iterator have a non-destructive implied contract?

asked Feb 20, 2012 at 6:03

10 votes

7 answers

598 views

Do designer tools degrade the programming experience? [closed]

asked Dec 18, 2010 at 0:03

10 votes

4 answers

4k views

What are some known/common development specialties? [closed]

asked Nov 7, 2010 at 10:19

10 votes

7 answers

2k views

Is Entity Framework ready for production? [closed]

asked Oct 27, 2010 at 16:58

10 votes

3 answers

928 views

I need help deciding between silverlight/silverlight out-of-browser/wpf

asked Oct 27, 2010 at 21:59

9 votes

3 answers

236 views

Considering consistent change, how short of a planning period is too short?

asked Oct 20, 2010 at 20:44

8 votes

8 answers

951 views

Describe the best deployment environment you've worked with [closed]

asked Nov 18, 2010 at 16:02

7 votes

2 answers

245 views

Is it unreasonable to write user documentation in the style of a technical book?

asked Oct 20, 2010 at 21:55

7 votes

3 answers

768 views

mercurial or tfs for codeplex?

asked Oct 22, 2010 at 17:59

6 votes

4 answers

185 views

Most logically consistent way to create methods of the form a affects b?

asked Nov 5, 2010 at 17:56

6 votes

1 answer

362 views

Need clarification concerning Windows Azure

asked Nov 22, 2010 at 17:13

6 votes

2 answers

2k views

Do you get the benefits of a B-Tree in a managed language?

asked Jan 8, 2012 at 15:42

6 votes

1 answer

4k views

Design: Update properties on an entity in a RESTful, resource-based, API

asked May 21, 2018 at 17:49

4 votes

6 answers

876 views

Build/deployment tools for a small (1) development effort [closed]

asked Nov 3, 2010 at 15:26

4 votes

2 answers

313 views

Implications of crediting a book source in a code file available under an open license [closed]

asked Apr 30, 2011 at 17:12

4 votes

1 answer

103 views

Reports from the front lines: VS Lab Management

asked May 10, 2011 at 14:15

3 votes

1 answer

3k views

Is it common/correct using MVVM to expect multiple views and corresponding view-models for a particular model?

asked Apr 12, 2011 at 2:28

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36 Questions

What popular "best practices" are not always best, and why? [closed]

What's your view on using other people's code? [duplicate]

Is "Computer Science != Software Engineering" an excuse to teach programming poorly?

Do immutable objects and DDD go together?

How do you go about training a replacement? [closed]

What do you do with a heisenbug? [duplicate]

What should you leave behind for your successors?

Are there advantages to using a DVCS for a solo developer?

Is throwing an exception from a property bad form?

What are the common revenue models for free-software companies?

What are the most popular IDEs per language? [closed]

How do you decide what to work on in your own time? [closed]

What happens at [platform] user groups?

Does an iterator have a non-destructive implied contract?

Do designer tools degrade the programming experience? [closed]

What are some known/common development specialties? [closed]

Is Entity Framework ready for production? [closed]

I need help deciding between silverlight/silverlight out-of-browser/wpf

Considering consistent change, how short of a planning period is too short?

Describe the best deployment environment you've worked with [closed]

Is it unreasonable to write user documentation in the style of a technical book?

mercurial or tfs for codeplex?

Most logically consistent way to create methods of the form a affects b?

Need clarification concerning Windows Azure

Do you get the benefits of a B-Tree in a managed language?

Design: Update properties on an entity in a RESTful, resource-based, API

Build/deployment tools for a small (1) development effort [closed]

Implications of crediting a book source in a code file available under an open license [closed]

Reports from the front lines: VS Lab Management

Is it common/correct using MVVM to expect multiple views and corresponding view-models for a particular model?