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Programming Practices are the commonly or not so commonly used practices in development of software. These can include things like Agile Development, Kanban, Coding shortcuts, etc.

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Should a Java Boolean be used for ternary (3-state) logic?

I'm trying to make a basic cache of a boolean value, and I did it like such: private Boolean _valueCache = null; private boolean getValue() { try { if (_valueCache == null) { // if cache …
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Why use the Singleton pattern over class functions and fields? [duplicate]

I'm going to start by saying that I understand that programming in mostly class functions and variables can be harmful to object-orientation, and that most of the time an instance is preferred. I'll b …
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When should a class be final? [duplicate]

I've only really seen this on Java's wrapper classes (String, Integer, etc.), but never in open-source projects, and I was never taught about it in any books or classes. I know it means the class can' …
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