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Why is using System.out.println() so bad? [closed]

Of course, it is very good use to use a logging framework for the error messages or warnings. But sometimes I use System.out.println() if I want to try something new in a short time. Is it really so ...
6 votes
4 answers
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A DTO class having an ArrayList of its own type - is this considered a good design?

I came across a DTO class like the below one. class PersonDTO { private String firstName; private String middleName; private String lastName; private String dob; // some 50 fields ...
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What is the best approach for inline code comments?

We are doing some refactoring to a 20 years old legacy codebase, and I'm having a discussion with my colleague about the comments format in the code (plsql, java). There is no a default format for ...