Linked Questions
47 questions linked to/from What is the single most influential book every programmer should read?
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Pair programming means double cost per developer. Is it worth that money? [closed]
Pair programming in Agile requires us to double the salary paid to single programmer. Of course with such approach the quality of the code is far cry better, bugs are found much earlier and so forth, ...
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Coding magazines [closed]
So, we have coding books, coding RSS feeds, and music to code by. Are there any coding magazines that anyone would recommend?
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What does it take to be a better OO programmer? [closed]
I’ve almost 6 years of experience in application development using .net technologies. Over the years I have improved as a better OO programmer but when I see code written by other guys (especially the ...
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Design principles for complete noobs? [closed]
I've been programming for around a year now, and all the stuff that I've written works - it's just extremely poorly written from my point of view. I'd like to know if there are any (free) good books ...
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Software development process for small teams [closed]
I might be an exception here but I have never worked on a team with more than three developers and / or five people. Still we could manage to get the job done (somehow).
Is there a software ...
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what is the standard number of parameters that a java method should have?
I am writing a program that checks the number of parameters of a methods and prints out a warning message (its a codesmell program) If there are more than what the standard is, the problem is that I ...
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How to build Object Oriented Skills? [closed]
Being a core developer for couple of years, coding applications seeing the class diagrams, sequence diagrams, I decided to improve my self, taking the next step of designing.
As I'm an OO developer, I'...
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How does software development compare with statistical programming/analysis? [closed]
Statistical analysis/programming, is writing code. Whether for descriptive or inferential, You write code to: import data, to clean it, to analyse it and to compile a report.
Analyzing the data can ...
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Are there any "fun" ways to learn about Languages, Grammars, Parsing and Compilers? [closed]
I'm preparing for an exam concerning languages, grammars, parsing and compilers. It's not really my cup of tea and most resources I find use the language of mathematics to define the different terms ...
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How to organize a Rails App
For the first time I'm creating a quite complex Rails app.
I'd like to know what's the best way to organize that app by folders. Until now, I'd do everything under one app (all the models, ...
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OOP intermediate level tutorial [closed]
I am very eager to learn in depth OOP concepts and most importantly how they can be applied in "real life". So far, I have read many references and many tutorials online but they all lack something: ...
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Learning C / C++ and Java
I'm a Java guy doing mostly Android stuff.
I want to get into game programming for Android and was wondering if there is any point learning C (not for android obviously as there you can only write in ...
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Are there any good resources on real world practical uses of programming theory?
Can anyone recommend any good material that seeks to provide a real world perspective on programming theories? I'm speaking from my perspective as a long time professional software engineer slash ex-...
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How to sign amazon web service requests from the python app engine?
I use Amazon web service api from within my Google app engine application. Amazon have said that they will only accept signed requests from Aug 15, 2009. While they have given simple instructions for ...
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Would a novice learning C and Scheme simultaneously be considered bad practice? [closed]
I've been on and off with the C language for the past year(?) until two months prior to present day when I decided to take my learning a bit more seriously. In some areas of the language I feel ...