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• can I put the break on the same line

  - by brett

  I have a switch statement that has over 300 case statements. case 'hello': { $say = 'some text'; } break; case 'hi': { $say = 'some text'; } break; Why is it that the break is always on a separate line? Is this required? Is there anything syntactically incorrect about me doing this: case 'hello': { $say = 'some…

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• Abstract away a compound identity value for use in business logic?

  - by John K

  While separating business logic and data access logic into two different assemblies, I want to abstract away the concept of identity so that the business logic deals with one consistent identity without having to understand its actual representation in the data source. I've been calling this a compound identity abstraction. Data sources in…

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• What is the best way to store a date without a year in SQL database?

  - by Mike

  I am building an app that has a daily quote that should be stored in the database. Each quote is assigned with a day of the year, including one for Feb 29th. Since the quote only cares about the day not the year should I still use smalldatetime type? Please let me know your opinions, thanks!!

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• What's the best practice in case something goes wrong in Perl code?

  - by Geo

  I saw code which works like this: do_something($param) || warn "something went wrong\n"; and I also saw code like this: eval { do_something_else($param); }; if($@) { warn "something went wrong\n"; } Should I use eval/die in all my subroutines? Should I write all my code based on stuff returned from subroutines? Isn't eval'ing the…

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• Flexible array members in C - bad?

  - by Lionel

  I recently read that using flexible array members in C was poor software engineering practice. However, that statement was not backed by any argument. Is this an accepted fact? (Flexible array members are a C feature introduced in C99 whereby one can declare the last element to be an array of unspecified size. For example: ) struct header…

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• list all files from directories and subdirectories in Java

  - by Adnan

  What would be the fastest way to list the names of files from 1000+ directories and sub-directories? EDIT; The current code I use is: import java.io.File; public class DirectoryReader { static int spc_count=-1; static void Process(File aFile) { spc_count++; String spcs = ""; for (int i = 0; i < spc_count; i++) …

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• When using out parameters in a function, is it good practice to initialize them in the function?

  - by adambox

  I have a function that uses out parameters to return multiple values to the caller. I would like to initialize them in the function, but I wasn't sure if that's a bad idea since you don't know when you call the function that it's going to change the values right away. The caller might assume that after the function returns, if whatever it…

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• moving a website built on struts to a CMS

  - by fabiobeta

  Hi. Imagine having developed a classical website with java&struts. Now you customer is learning that redeploying the application to change an image or a text is a significant cost. And it asks to add a function to the site: cms-like handling of the contents (editing, versioning, approved publishing). How would you handle this…

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• Is it bad practice to initialize a variable to a dummy value?

  - by froadie

  This question is a result of the answers to this question that I just asked. It was claimed that this code is "ugly" because it initializes a variable to a value that will never be read: String tempName = null; try{ tempName = buildFileName(); } catch(Exception e){ ... System.exit(1); } FILE_NAME = tempName; Is this…

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• What are the key concepts of Objective-C/Cocoa development?

  - by Nissan Fan

  Experienced Objective-C/Cocoa Devs: What are the key concepts that I should absorb early on that will get me closer to that epiphany moment where it all makes sense and I'm effectively creating solutions with Objective-C/Cocoa? I come from a .NET/Java background so everything I do is based on that paradigm.

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• Should I put a try-finally block after every Object.Create?

  - by max

  I have a general question about best practice in OO Delphi. Currently, I put try-finally blocks anywhere I create an object to free that object after usage (to avoid memory leaks). E.g.: aObject := TObject.Create; try aOBject.AProcedure(); ... finally aObject.Free; end; instead of: aObject := TObject.Create;…

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• Should programmers use boolean variables to "document" their code?

  - by froadie

  I'm reading McConell's Code Complete, and he discusses using boolean variables to document your code. For example, instead of: if((elementIndex < 0) || (MAX_ELEMENTS < elementIndex) || (elementIndex == lastElementIndex)){ ... } He suggests: finished = ((elementIndex < 0) || (MAX_ELEMENTS <…

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• Longest realistic method name

  - by David Neale

  There's always a need to make method names as concise as possible but without getting too long and waffly. At what point is a method name far too long to possibly be justified?

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• Why its recommended not use onclicks in your HTML.Use Event Handlers in your JS file

  - by piemesons

  Why its recommended not use onclicks in your HTML.Use Event Handlers in your JS file is considered as best practice???

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• Handling missing data

  - by soppotare

  Say I have a simple helpdesk application which logs calls made by users. I would typically have such fields in a table relating to the call e.g. CallID, Description, CustomerID etc. I Would also have a table of customers including CustomerID, Username, Password, FullName etc. Now when a user is deleted from the…

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• How should nested components interact with model in a GUI application?

  - by fig-gnuton

  Broad design/architecture question. If you have nested components in a GUI, what's the most common way for those components to interact with data? For example, let's say a component receives a click on one of its buttons to save data. Should the save request be delegated up that component's ancestors, with the…

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• Can you omit the parenthesis from attributes with no params?

  - by Joan Venge

  I noticed when I have Serializable instead of Serializable(), the code still compiles. Is there a rule for this that you can omit the parenthesis? Is it a good practice? It seems more readable to me unless I am missing something.

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• Is it a bad programming practise to have "Public" members inside an "Internal" class?

  - by Amby

  I mean, won;t it be more specific and appropriate if i "only" keep "protected","internal" and "private" members (field,method,property,event) in a class which is declared as "internal" ? I have seen this practice ( having "public" members in an "internal" class) in various code so just wanted to know is it a…

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• How do you motivate yourself to resume working on a project that you haven't touched in some time?

  - by Lirik

  A lot of developers get an exciting idea and they create a project, but eventually life gets in the way and you have to stop working on the project. Some time passes and you know you should probably get back to work on the project, but you just can't make yourself do it. What do you do to force yourself to…

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• Correct approach to validate attributes of an instance of class

  - by systempuntoout

  Having a simple Python class like this: class Spam(object): __init__(self, description, value): self.description = description self.value = value Which is the correct approach to check these constraints: "description cannot be empty" "value must be greater than zero" Should i:…

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• using a List<Article> that is ordered, I want to get next/previous urls.

  - by Blankman

  So I have a List collection that I fetch via a API call (which I don't have any control over). The list is ordered. public class Article { articleID, string Url } So I have a Url value, using that I want to figure out the next and previous Url's if any. What's the most elegant way of doing…

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• detect a string contained by another discontinuously

  - by SpawnCxy

  Recently I'm working on bad content(such as advertise post) filter of a BBS.And I write a function to detect a string is in another string not continuously.Code as below: $str = 'helloguys'; $substr1 = 'hlu'; $substr2 = 'elf'; function detect($a,$b) //function that detect a in b { $c = ''; …

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• How do you like to define your module-wide variables in drupal 6?

  - by sprugman

  I'm in my module file. I want to define some complex variables for use throughout the module. For simple things, I'm doing this: function mymodule_init() { define('SOME_CONSTANT', 'foo bar'); } But that won't work for more complex structures. Here are some ideas that I've thought of: …

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• How to organize database access code in Android project?

  - by Mladen Jablanovic

  I have created a ContentProvider for my main Sqlite table, pretty much following NotePad example from SDK (although I am not sure whether I will ever be exposing my data to other apps). However, I need to create lots of other, non-trivial queries on that and other tables and views. A good…

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• Where should I store a sample xml file used by a grails unit test?

  - by ScArcher2

  I've written an xml parser, and I've written a unit test to go with it. Where should I store the actual xml file to be used by the test? Should I just store it under test/unit/whatever package the test is in?

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