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Do We Have a Responsiblity to Improve Old Code?

answered Feb 17, 2012 at 21:29

59 votes

Is it considered poor practice to include a bug number in a method name for a temporary workaround?

answered Feb 13, 2013 at 1:53

37 votes

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As a programmer, should I know low and high-level programming languages?

answered Jun 29, 2011 at 15:19

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When do 'static functions' come into use?

answered Oct 7, 2011 at 18:15

35 votes

What's the best place for a high school programmer to get his work noticed?

answered Dec 28, 2011 at 16:43

28 votes

Dictionary vs List

answered Mar 10, 2012 at 4:16

26 votes

How to stop gold-plating and just be content to release working developments

answered Oct 6, 2012 at 15:35

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Overcome clumsiness in writing code

answered Jan 3, 2012 at 14:54

15 votes

What is the difference between building and compiling ?

answered Mar 18, 2012 at 18:47

14 votes

Is it good practice to comment with issue number?

answered May 2, 2012 at 2:14

14 votes

Demonstrate bad code to client?

answered Nov 12, 2012 at 17:31

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Can't work on real projects because I keep thinking about my side projects

answered Feb 25, 2011 at 16:34

12 votes

Is there an alternative to Google Code Search?

answered Oct 16, 2011 at 21:02

12 votes

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When should a class or module be in a separate Assembly/DLL?

answered Nov 2, 2011 at 13:33

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Should I follow an open source project's documentation patterns even if they are bad?

answered May 16, 2012 at 18:34

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Continuous integration - build Debug and Release every time?

answered Apr 4, 2012 at 1:23

11 votes

How important is self-teaching in the programming field?

answered May 6, 2012 at 17:32

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Could implicit static methods cause problems?

answered Aug 17, 2012 at 2:16

11 votes

Simple issue tracker for 1-2 developers

answered Dec 28, 2011 at 15:29

10 votes

Are `break` and `continue` bad programming practices?

answered Mar 15, 2011 at 15:00

10 votes

Coming from QA, how can one land that first development job?

answered Feb 10, 2011 at 14:56

9 votes

Database abstraction -- is it being overdone?

answered Apr 15, 2011 at 19:26

9 votes

Is it necessary to write a javadoc comment for EVERY parameter in a method's signature?

answered May 11, 2011 at 18:56

9 votes

Jenkins without Automated Tests

answered Feb 2, 2012 at 13:15

7 votes

How-to convince company to start documenting for legacy software

answered Feb 2, 2012 at 14:35

7 votes

Dealing with management that does not see value in improvements that are not immediately visible to the user

answered Feb 1, 2012 at 16:34

7 votes

How do you get consistency in source code / UI without stifling developer's creativity?

answered May 4, 2011 at 14:34

7 votes

What's a good, concise way to explain the dangers of copy-paste programming to non-programmers?

answered Mar 29, 2011 at 16:22

7 votes

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Estimate cost of project depends on [SLOC|COCOMO]?

answered May 6, 2012 at 17:19

6 votes

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Why do Windows commands allow `-` and `/` switches?

answered Oct 30, 2012 at 17:23

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143 Answers

Do We Have a Responsiblity to Improve Old Code?

Is it considered poor practice to include a bug number in a method name for a temporary workaround?

As a programmer, should I know low and high-level programming languages?

When do 'static functions' come into use?

What's the best place for a high school programmer to get his work noticed?

Dictionary vs List

How to stop gold-plating and just be content to release working developments

Overcome clumsiness in writing code

What is the difference between building and compiling ?

Is it good practice to comment with issue number?

Demonstrate bad code to client?

Can't work on real projects because I keep thinking about my side projects

Is there an alternative to Google Code Search?

When should a class or module be in a separate Assembly/DLL?

Should I follow an open source project's documentation patterns even if they are bad?

Continuous integration - build Debug and Release every time?

How important is self-teaching in the programming field?

Could implicit static methods cause problems?

Simple issue tracker for 1-2 developers

Are `break` and `continue` bad programming practices?

Coming from QA, how can one land that first development job?

Database abstraction -- is it being overdone?

Is it necessary to write a javadoc comment for EVERY parameter in a method's signature?

Jenkins without Automated Tests

How-to convince company to start documenting for legacy software

Dealing with management that does not see value in improvements that are not immediately visible to the user

How do you get consistency in source code / UI without stifling developer's creativity?

What's a good, concise way to explain the dangers of copy-paste programming to non-programmers?

Estimate cost of project depends on [SLOC|COCOMO]?

Why do Windows commands allow `-` and `/` switches?