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• Could spending time on Programmers.SE or Stack Overflow be substitute of good programming books for a non-beginner?

  - by Atul Goyal

  Could spending time (and actively participating) on Programmers.SE and Stack Overflow help me improve my programming skills any close to what spending time on reading a book like Code Complete 2 (which would otherwise be next in my reading list) will help. Ok, may be the answer to this question for someone who is beginning with programming might be a straight no, but I'd like to add that this question I'm asking in context when the person is familiar with programming languages but wants to improve his programming skills. I was reading this question on SO and also this book has been recommended by many others (including Jeff and Joel). To be more specific, I'd also add that even though I do programming in C, Java, Python,etc but still I'm not happy with my coding skills and reading the review of CC2 I realized I still need to improve a lot. So, basically I want to know what's the best way for me to improve programming skills - spend more time on here/SO or continue with CC2 and may be come here as and when time permits.

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• What should be included in risk management section of software's architecture documentation?

  - by Limbo Exile

  I am going to develop a Java application (a Spring Web application that will be used to extract data from various data sources) and I want to include risk management of the software in the architecture documentation. By risk management (I am not sure if this is the right name) I mean documenting possibilities of what can go wrong with the software and what to do in those cases. At first I tried to draft some lists, including things like database performance decrease, change of external components that the software interacts with, security breaches etc. But as I am not an experienced developer I cannot rely on those drafts, I don't think they are exhaustive. I searched web hoping to find something similar to the Joel Test or to find any other resource that will cite the most popular causes of problems that should be included and analyzed in risk management documentation, but I haven't found much. Finally, my question is: What should be included in risk management section of software's architecture documentation?

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• Annotation Processing Virtual Mini-Track at JavaOne 2012

  - by darcy

  Putting together the list of JavaOne talks I'm interested in attending, I noticed there is a virtual mini-track on annotation processing and related technology this year, with a combination of bofs, sessions, and a hands-on-lab: Monday Multidevice Content Display and a Smart Use of Annotation Processing, Dimitri BAELI and Gilles Di Guglielmo Tuesday Advanced Annotation Processing with JSR 269, Jaroslav Tulach Build Your Own Type System for Fun and Profit, Werner Dietl and Michael Ernst Wednesday Annotations and Annotation Processing: What’s New in JDK 8?, Joel Borggrén-Franck Thursday Hack into Your Compiler!, Jaroslav Tulach Writing Annotation Processors to Aid Your Development Process, Ian Robertson As the lead engineer on bot apt (rest in peace) in JDK 5 and JSR 269 in JDK 6, I'd be heartened to see greater adoption and use of annotation processing by Java developers.

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• Naming: objectAction or actionObject?

  - by DocSalvage

  The question, Stored procedure Naming conventions?, and Joel's excellent Making Wrong Code Look Wrong article come closest to addressing my question, but I'm looking for a more general set of criteria to use in deciding how to name modules containing code (classes, objects, methods, functions, widgets, or whatever). English (my only human language) is structured as action-object (i.e closeFile, openFile, saveFile) and since almost all computer languages are based on English, this is the most common convention. However, in trying to keep related code close together and still be able to find things, I've found object-action (i.e. fileClose, fileOpen, fileSave) to be very attractive. Quite a number of non-English human languages follow this structure as well. I doubt that one form is universally superior, but when should each be used in the pursuit of helping to make sure bad code looks bad?

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• Google I/O 2012 - Monetizing Digital Goods with Google Wallet

  Google I/O 2012 - Monetizing Digital Goods with Google Wallet Joel Leitch, Dan Zink, Pali Bhat Whether you're a game developer selling virtual goods or currencies, or a media developer selling news content, videos, music or any other premium digital media, having an simple way to process payments from your customers is important. In this session, we will walk through an explanation of Google Wallet for digital goods, the new features, and the improved pricing model for developers. In addition, Kabam will share their experience with Google Wallet and best practices for integration. For all I/O 2012 sessions, go to developers.google.com From: GoogleDevelopers Views: 307 13 ratings Time: 44:31 More in Science & Technology

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• Upcoming Events

  - by MOSSLover

  Here is a list of the events I will be speaking at in the next few months (Yes I am a sado-masochist): SharePoint Saturday Atlanta, Saturday, April 17th SharePoint .org Conference, April 18th-20th TEC, April 25th-28th SharePoint Saturday Huntsville, Saturday, May 1st SharePoint Saturday Philadelphia, Saturday, May 8th SharePoint Saturday DC, Saturday, May 15th SharePoint Saturday Ozarks, Saturday, June 13th I am trying to organize a SharePint at TEC after the LA SPUG meeting with Joel on Tuesday, April 27th.  Does anyone know if there is a good spot around the JW Marriott in downtown LA?  Maybe we can get a bunch of local SharePointers to attend. Technorati Tags: SharePoint Events,SharePoint Saturdays,SharePoint Conferences

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• Does C# give you "less rope to hang yourself" than C++?

  - by user115232

  Joel Spolsky characterized C++ as "enough rope to hang yourself". Actually, he was summarizing "Effective C++" by Scott Meyers: It's a book that basically says, C++ is enough rope to hang yourself, and then a couple of extra miles of rope, and then a couple of suicide pills that are disguised as M&Ms... I don't have a copy of the book, but there are indications that much of the book relates to pitfalls of managing memory which seem like would be rendered moot in C# because the runtime manages those issues for you. Here are my questions: Does C# avoid pitfalls that are avoided in C++ only by careful programming? If so, to what degree and how are they avoided? Are there new, different pitfalls in C# that a new C# programmer should be aware of? If so, why couldn't they be avoided by the design of C#?

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• How can a new programmer impress the software engineer (boss)? [closed]

  - by Pablo

  Note 1/8/2011: As of this Monday, I'm the new software engineer. Turns out I did not impress the S.E., but ended impressing the CEO. See Joel, not everyone has to leave their Honda idling in front of the airport. =) Ashton, this one is for you buddy. Hi, I'm working at my first programming job. My boss is a very smart software engineer, and I feel like I have very little to offer compared to him. Problem is, he is always busy, and needs someone to help him out. I feel like I'm not good enough, but I still want to succeed. I want to be a great programmer. What can I do to impress him? Thank you.

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• How many developers actually have private offices?

  - by Prof Plum

  So I know everyone here is all about private offices, how many developers actually have them. I am sort of half skeptical. I can believe that lead developers have them, but thats normally just one person in your average office. If it would not be to much to ask: Do you work in a totally awesome office or a nasty old cube? (or somewhere in between) What's your relative rank in the office? (junior, programmer II, senior, lead, etc.) are you doing internal software, or are you in a software-centric environment? (the general thought seems to be that internal developers get cubes while others live in "Joel-Spolsky-Programmer-Candyland")

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• How many developers actually have private offices?

  - by Morgan Herlocker

  So I know everyone here is all about private offices, how many developers actually have them. I am sort of half skeptical. I can believe that lead developers have them, but thats normally just one person in your average office. If it would not be to much to ask: Do you work in a totally awesome office or a nasty old cube? (or somewhere in between) What's your relative rank in the office? (junior, programmer II, senior, lead, etc.) are you doing internal software, or are you in a software-centric environment? (the general thought seems to be that internal developers get cubes while others live in "Joel-Spolsky-Programmer-Candyland")

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• Jaroslav Tulach's Report on NetBeans at OSGiCon

  - by Geertjan

  The latest NetBeans Podcast was recorded over the last few weeks and released yesterday. Aside from the NetBeans news items and interviews (interesting stuff about Joel Murach's new Java book using NetBeans, as well as the new developments in the NetBeans Groovy editor), there is, as always an "API Design Tip" of the podcast. That's really worth listening to, always of course, but especially this time because here Jaroslav Tulach talks at some length about his recent trip to OSGiCon, as well as the history and status of OSGi support in NetBeans IDE. Start listening from just before the 30th minute (i.e., the final segment) if you're interested in this particular topic: https://blogs.oracle.com/nbpodcast/entry/netbeans_podcast_60 For example, hear about how JDeveloper got faster by switching from Equinox to Netbinox. And... will Eclipse find itself on the same OSGi container too?

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• Roanoke Code Camp 2014

  - by Brian Lanham

  Originally posted on: http://geekswithblogs.net/codesailor/archive/2014/05/18/156407.aspxI had a great time yesterday at Roanoke Code Camp!  Many thanks to American National University for the venue, the code camp staff and volunteers, the other speakers, and of course the attendees who made my sessions interactive.  I learned a lot yesterday and it was a good time all around. I attended sessions on Apache Cassandra by Dr. Dave King (@tildedave), Angular JS by Kevin Israel (@kevadev), and JavaScript for Object-Oriented Programmers by Joel Cochran (@joelcochran).  I regret I was unable to attend all the sessions. I also had the opportunity to present.  I spoke on Redis and got some people excited about graph databases by talking about Neo4j.  You can find my slides and other materials at the following links: My Presentation Materials Folder Redis Materials – Slides     - Snippets Neo4j Materials – Slides     - Snippets If you have any trouble getting any of the materials just respond to this post or tweet me @codesailor and I will make sure you get the information you need.

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• Google I/O 2010 - Architecting for performance with GWT

  Google I/O 2010 - Architecting for performance with GWT Google I/O 2010 - Architecting for performance with GWT GWT 201 Joel Webber, Adam Schuck Modern web applications are quickly evolving to an architecture that has to account for the performance characteristics of the client, the server, and the global network connecting them. Should you render HTML on the server or build DOM structures with JS in the browser, or both? This session discusses this, as well as several other key architectural considerations to keep in mind when building your Next Big Thing. For all I/O 2010 sessions, please go to code.google.com From: GoogleDevelopers Views: 9 1 ratings Time: 01:01:09 More in Science & Technology

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• Google I/O 2010 - GWT + HTML5 can do what?!

  Google I/O 2010 - GWT + HTML5 can do what?! Google I/O 2010 - GWT + HTML5 can do what?! GWT 201 Joel Webber, Ray Cromwell, Stefan Haustein How can you take advantage of new HTML5 features in your GWT applications? In this session, we answer that question in the form of demos -- lots and lots of demos. We'll cover examples of how to use Canvas for advanced graphics, CSS3 features, Web Workers, and more within your GWT applications. For all I/O 2010 sessions, please go to code.google.com From: GoogleDevelopers Views: 8 1 ratings Time: 57:59 More in Science & Technology

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• Alternative to Instant Form Pro

  - by TechDaddyK

  I was looking for a PHP form generator this morning and ran across "Instant Form Pro" by Joel Comm (http://www.instantformpro.com). It looks like it offers what I'm looking for (easy to use quick form generator based on PHP and MySQL that's self-hosted with no other fees), but the site smacks of "scam." It's being pitched as a way to generate surveys to increase your business, make lots more money, etc. Is this thing worth the $97 or is there an open source alternative that might be... safer?

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• Is it easier to develop from scratch or not? [closed]

  - by Gnijuohz

  I am currently reading the book computer science: an overview by J. Glenn Brookshear.And In chapter 7,there is one passage as follows: In fact, it is often within this phase(modification) that a piece of software is discarded under the pretense (too often true) that it is easier to develop a new system from scratch than to modify the existing package successfully. When I read this,an article by Joel occurred to me which mentions how Mozilla shouldn't have written its browser from scratch.(The article is here) So,Is it mostly true that it's easier to develop a new system from scratch than to modify the existing one?Or it's closely related to the complexity of the system?

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• What exercises counter the back pain of sitting at a computer for 15 hours a day? [on hold]

  - by Sam

  I work up to 15 hours a day (not everyday :)) programming. When I do this I get a very sore lower back. I don't want to spend $1000 on a special chair like Joel Spolsky says. I'm sure I'm not alone here. Has anybody encountered this and found an exercise/other method to combat it? Maybe somebody with more physical education than me about opposing muscle groups or something. PS (not working fifteen hours a day isn't an answer, it's how I work best) and it's not off topic as programming is about more than code - it's a verb.

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• Start script when connecting phone through usb

  - by choel

  Trying to run a script when my phone is plugged in via USB, a made a udev rule looks like this in /etc/udev/rules.d/85-lazydroid.rule ATTRS{idVendor}=="22b8", ATTRS{idProduct}=="428c", RUN+="/home/joel/.lazydroid" And the script .lazydroid looks like this: #!/bin/bash exec adb forward tcp:8080 tcp:8080 & exec chromium-browser 127.0.0.1:8080 --new-window & The script itself runs fine. The trick is I can't get the script to run up on insertion of the phone. And it's the right ID according to: lsusb | grep Motorola Bus 002 Device 042: ID 22b8:428c Motorola PCS Any ideas?

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• Why use Monte-Carlo method?

  - by Gili

  When should the Monte-Carlo method be used? For example, why did Joel decide to use the Monte-Carlo method for Evidence Based Scheduling instead of methodically processing all user data for the past year?

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• Future of Subversion?

  - by Achilles

  After reading Joel's last blog posting and having been a recent adopter of Subversion, I was wondering if anyone had any insight as to what the future of Subversion might be? Will the product evolve to accommodate distributed development or is it at the end of its life?

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• Evidence Based Scheduling Tool

  - by Serhat Özgel

  Are there any free tools that implement evidence based scheduling that joel talks about? There lies fogbugz of course but I am looking for a simple and free tool that can apply ebs on some tasks that I give estimates (and actual times which are complete) for.

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• Example of a Good Func Spec?

  - by Alex

  Hey, I'm writing my func spec, and I was wondering if there are any good samples of a complete and well-written func spec? Like "This is a standard You're supposed to aspire to" type of spec. I know that Joel has a skeleteon of a func spec on his website, but I am looking for something more complete because I'm not of the appropriate amount of detail, formatting, etc. Thanks, Alex

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• Redis autocomplete

  - by Alfred

  Hi, How can I implement an autocomplete using redis? Say for example I have an array ["alfred","joel","jeff","addick"]. When I type a I get ["alfred", "addick"] I hope you get the point. How can I implement this using redis commands efficiently(if possible but I think it is). It would be great if I could get some simple commands I can try out via telnet to mimic this behaviour. Thanks P.S: Merry x-mas to all of you :)

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• How to iterate over all the page breaks in an Excel 2003 worksheet via COM

  - by Martin

  I've been trying to retrieve the locations of all the page breaks on a given Excel 2003 worksheet over COM. Here's an example of the kind of thing I'm trying to do: Excel::HPageBreaksPtr pHPageBreaks = pSheet->GetHPageBreaks(); long count = pHPageBreaks->Count; for (long i=0; i < count; ++i) { Excel::HPageBreakPtr pHPageBreak = pHPageBreaks->GetItem(i+1); Excel::RangePtr pLocation = pHPageBreak->GetLocation(); printf("Page break at row %d\n", pLocation->Row); pLocation.Release(); pHPageBreak.Release(); } pHPageBreaks.Release(); I expect this to print out the row numbers of each of the horizontal page breaks in pSheet. The problem I'm having is that although count correctly indicates the number of page breaks in the worksheet, I can only ever seem to retrieve the first one. On the second run through the loop, calling pHPageBreaks->GetItem(i) throws an exception, with error number 0x8002000b, "invalid index". Attempting to use pHPageBreaks->Get_NewEnum() to get an enumerator to iterate over the collection also fails with the same error, immediately on the call to Get_NewEnum(). I've looked around for a solution, and the closest thing I've found so far is http://support.microsoft.com/kb/210663/en-us. I have tried activating various cells beyond the page breaks, including the cells just beyond the range to be printed, as well as the lower-right cell (IV65536), but it didn't help. If somebody can tell me how to get Excel to return the locations of all of the page breaks in a sheet, that would be awesome! Thank you. @Joel: Yes, I have tried displaying the user interface, and then setting ScreenUpdating to true - it produced the same results. Also, I have since tried combinations of setting pSheet->PrintArea to the entire worksheet and/or calling pSheet->ResetAllPageBreaks() before my call to get the HPageBreaks collection, which didn't help either. @Joel: I've used pSheet->UsedRange to determine the row to scroll past, and Excel does scroll past all the horizontal breaks, but I'm still having the same issue when I try to access the second one. Unfortunately, switching to Excel 2007 did not help either.

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• What are the benefits of Mercurial or git over svn ?

  - by yves Baumes

  I've heard for instance that merging branches with git or mercurial is easier than with svn. Reading last Joel on software blog entry, I didn't get it exactly why. Could you provide a concrete exemple where merging with git/mercurial lead to less merge conflicts compared to svn please?

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