Encrypted Code: How to Get Your Code Completely Re-Written(www.awkwardcoder.com)

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What happens when you write unreadable spaghetti code? It gets re-written by the next guy. read more...

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Exceptional Code(www.awkwardcoder.com)

submitted by sommardahl(85) 11 months, 8 days ago

When do you throw an exception? I never asked myself that question until a few weeks ago when some guys on my team started wondering aloud. I suppose I never asked because I just threw exceptions whenever I felt like it. But the question on the minds of my collegues has got me thinking too. When should I throw exceptions? read more...

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Teaching a String Calculator How To Behave(www.awkwardcoder.com)

submitted by sommardahl(85) 1 year, 7 months ago

A demonstration of the behavior-driven development (BDD) process using Machine.Specification (mspec for short) and Roy Osherove's "String Calculator Kata". read more...

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End the Tyranny of System Time(www.awkwardcoder.com)

submitted by sommardahl(85) 1 year, 8 months ago

System Time is a silent but deadly dependency that you might not think to inject along with other external dependencies. Read more of the tyranny of System Time and how to dethrone it in your code. read more...

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How to Thrive in Pairs(www.awkwardcoder.com)

submitted by sommardahl(85) 1 year, 8 months ago

Pair Programming works and this article explains how. read more...

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10 Ways to Kill Pair Programming(www.awkwardcoder.com)

submitted by sommardahl(85) 1 year, 8 months ago

A satirical presentation of Pair Programming and how to prevent it from working. read more...

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