Thought Driven Development a Methodology of Abile Development(littletutorials.com)

submitted by contour(490) 3 years, 7 months ago

Warning: This is a rant against TDD extremism! Sensitive TDD people better step out of this dark sleazy communist place right now! Why do I pick on TDD? Because it makes no sense. The development and design shall be driven by thought not by test. Yes some people are able to “think” better about their problems while using TDD. Kudos to them! But not all people are alike. read more...

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Bad advice on exceptions from Joel(littletutorials.com)

submitted by contour(490) 3 years, 9 months ago

Starting from some comments on my exception handling series of articles I run into a couple of blogs pointing to this post on joelonsoftware.com. I think this is the worst advice on exception handling I have ever read, sorry Joel. I know this is an old post, I know Joel is entitled to his own opinion and I know he has the right to write his code as he sees fit. But as an opinion leader he influences others. read more...

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Code review - The meaningless ritual(littletutorials.com)

submitted by contour(490) 3 years, 9 months ago

Most of the time code reviews are a meaningless ritual. Everybody pays lip service to the importance of code reviews and a lot of people, especially in the management, are convinced that code reviews very effectively reduce the number of shipped bugs. The problem is… most developers hate code reviews and avoid them like the plague. If they can’t avoid them, then they show up and act their part like in a play at the theater of the absurd. read more...

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How bad comments are born in your code(littletutorials.com)

submitted by contour(490) 3 years, 9 months ago

Many programmers mention their support for “good” comments in the code. A significant percentage of all developers think the quality of the comments is one of the traits that separate good experienced programmers from the rest. But the cruel reality is lots of code out there is not commented at all or, even worse, it is commented but the comments are so bad they make understanding the code harder. read more...

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No, inheritance is not the way to achieve code reuse!(littletutorials.com)

submitted by contour(490) 3 years, 9 months ago

I am not sure how so many people go through so many years of school, which is supposed to make us better at thinking, and they fail to differentiate the “why” and the “how”. During interviews, when I ask their opinion about the purpose of inheritance in OOP, invariably I get this precooked answer (not so nicely expressed): inheritance is the way to achieve code reuse. No it is not! read more...

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