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Is it bad practice create "alias" variables to not use globals or arguments with long names in a method?
Is it OK to create a variable which only purpose is to increase readability?
Example:
public class Example
{
private final HowLongCanARepositoryNameReallyBeRepository ...
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Passing object or using the field
I would like to know what is a more appropriate way to code in Java. Is it generally better to pass entire objects in the method's parameters or just using the fields from the class?
Using the field:
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counting identifiers and operators as code size metric
I'm looking for a code metric for monitor and track over time the size of several projects and their components.
Also, I would like to use it for:
evaluate size reduction after refactoring
compare ...
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Calling methods on objects VS. passing objects as parameters
Which is considered a generally accepted practice?
class Image {
public void decode();
};
//main
Image image;
image.decode();
vs
class ImageDecoder {
public Image run(Image image);
};
//main
Image ...
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How do you know where you stopped in your codes after a 2-week break? [closed]
I just had a more than 2-week long vacation/business trip and I couldn't remember actually what was I working in my coding and where I stopped. Could someone recommend a best practice to solve this?
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How can I avoid always feeling like if I completely rebuilt my program from scratch I'd do it much better? [closed]
I have learned a significant amount of coding, however, it's always been in a scientific environment (not computer science), completely self-taught without anyone to guide me in the right direction. ...
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What security practices do I employ when building a library that requires low level root access to certain devices and files?
Backstory
I am writing a library that accesses the kernel module, uinput which allows you to create or take control of devices in /dev/input/event#, and insert events into them.
A simple usecase would ...
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Should one create shareable private class member or keep variable in method scope to pass it as a second method argument?
Recently I had to refactor some legacy code. As in most cases, I had to split big parts of code into smaller, cleaner and readable functions. I ended with many functions, that had multiple, weird ...
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Is it bad practice to create blocks of code?
In C++, is it bad practice create blocks of code inside some function, such as the following:
bool f()
{
{
double test = 0;
test = // some other variable ...
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Which is better in terms of performance (bool01==bool02) vs (bool01 && bool02) [duplicate]
Which of these two is the better way of doing the same thing -
public void someMethod(String s, boolean bool02){
boolean bool01 = s!=null;
if(bool01==bool02){
doSomething();
}
}
OR
public void ...
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Should a loop be nested inside an unchanging conditional?
I was reviewing some old code and stumbled upon a loop nested inside a conditional like this:
std::cin >> number; //number is used elsewhere, so should be preserved
if (number <= 10)
for (...
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How to handle custom metadata in XML?
Backstory
I have an XML type document (SSML, which is used forText-To-Speech), which will be used to generate audio files when ssh transferred to a remote server. As such, I will need to include ...
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Is a JS Boolean having custom properties a bad practice?
In JS you can return a Boolean having custom properties. Eg. when Modernizr tests for video support it returns true or false but the returned Boolean (Bool is first class object in JS) has properties ...
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Is placing text markers inside of strings bad style? Is there an alternative?
I work with massive strings which need a lot of manipulation.
For example, I might generate a string like this:
Part 1 Boat
Section A Programming
Part 2 Partitioning boats for ...
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Should I be using const more in C++?
There are some things I am pretty strict about, but const has not been one of them.
For example, I might make a local variable that I use three times in a function, that does not get changed, and yet ...
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