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  • What should a self-taught programmer with no degree learn/read?

    - by sjbotha
    I am a self-taught programmer and I do do not have any degrees. I started pretty young and I've got about 7 years of actual programming work experience. I believe I'm a pretty good programmer, but I admit that I have not played much with algorithms or delved into any really low-level aspects of programming such as how compilers work. I have worked with other programmers with and without degrees. Some were good and some not; having a degree didn't seem to make any difference as to which pot they fell into. Since then I've come to realize that it does depend on the school where the degree is obtained. Some people suggest that you really should get a degree; that there are things you'll learn in the process that you won't learn in the real world. Of course there is personal growth and discipline learned from completing a task of that magnitude, but let's just concentrate on the technical knowledge. What would I have been taught in a GOOD CS course that would aid me today and what can I read to fill the gap? I've heard the book "Algorithms" mentioned and I plan on reading that. What other books would you recommend? Edit: Clarification on 'actual work experience': Have worked for 2 small companies on teams with fewer than 5 people. About 2 years experience with Perl, Python, PHP, C, C++. About 5 years experience in Java, Applets, RMI, T-SQL, PL/SQL, VB6. 7 years experience in HTML, Javascript, bash, SQL. Most recently in Java designed and helped build an N-tier Java app with web frontend and RMI.

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  • I'm tired of JButtons, how can I make a nicer GUI in java ?

    - by Jules Olléon
    So far I've only build "small" graphical applications, using swing and JComponents as I learned at school. Yet I can't bear ugly JButtons anymore. I've tried to play with the different JButton methods, like changing colors, putting icons etc. but I'm still not satisfied. How do you make a nicer GUI in java ? I'm looking for not-too-heavy alternatives (like, without big frameworks or too complicated libraries).

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  • Which book should I pick to improve my program designs/design patterns?

    - by zxcvbnm
    I want to learn about design patterns and from what I've seen the most recommended ones are the Gang of Four's Design Patterns and Head First Design Patterns. There are also language specific books, but I never see them recommended. I suppose it ties you to whatever strengths/weaknesses are inherent to each language, so not a good idea to learn design patterns in general. The Gang of Four's book is kinda old, so I'm wondering if there isn't a better alternative out today? I've heard the Heard First one isn't quite as good. But I'm not sure why, so it's really hard to pick either one. I've see some answers on this very site recommending both, but if I can only read one, which should I pick? I've been coding for 3+ years, though I've never had a good class on this subject. Also, would a book like Code Complete help me with this? One more thing: how often are these techniques supposed to be useful? For example, this question has me wondering if this stuff is worth the trouble. And please, tell me more than just "read x". I'd like to know why you're suggesting x.

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  • Is there any self-improving compiler around?

    - by JohnIdol
    I am not aware of any self-improving compiler, but then again I am not much of a compiler-guy. Is there ANY self-improving compiler out there? Please note that I am talking about a compiler that improves itself - not a compiler that improves the code it compiles. Any pointers appreciated! Side-note: in case you're wondering why I am asking have a look at this post. Even if I agree with most of the arguments I am not too sure about the following: We have programs that can improve their code without human input now — they’re called compilers. ... hence my question.

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  • Nodes set of the same type with if-test. Make it less.

    - by Kalinin
    How to make the code more beautiful (compact)? <xsl:template match="part"> <table class="part"> <xsl:if test="name != ''"> <tr> <td>????????</td><td><xsl:value-of select="name"/></td> </tr> </xsl:if> <xsl:if test="model != ''"> <tr> <td>??????</td><td><xsl:value-of select="model"/></td> </tr> </xsl:if> <xsl:if test="year != ''"> <tr> <td>???</td><td><xsl:value-of select="year"/></td> </tr> </xsl:if> <xsl:if test="glass_type != ''"> <tr> <td>???</td><td><xsl:value-of select="glass_type"/></td> </tr> </xsl:if> <xsl:if test="scancode != ''"> <tr> <td>???????</td><td><xsl:value-of select="scancode"/></td> </tr> </xsl:if> <xsl:if test="eurocode != ''"> <tr> <td>???????</td><td><xsl:value-of select="eurocode"/></td> </tr> </xsl:if> <xsl:if test="coment != ''"> <tr> <td>???????????</td><td><xsl:value-of select="coment"/></td> </tr> </xsl:if> <xsl:if test="glass_size != ''"> <tr> <td>??????</td><td><xsl:value-of select="glass_size"/></td> </tr> </xsl:if> <xsl:if test="vendor != ''"> <tr> <td>?????????????</td><td><xsl:value-of select="vendor"/></td> </tr> </xsl:if> <xsl:if test="trademark != ''"> <tr> <td>???????? ?????</td><td><xsl:value-of select="trademark"/></td> </tr> </xsl:if> <xsl:if test="fprice != ''"> <tr> <td>????</td><td><xsl:value-of select="fprice"/></td> </tr> </xsl:if> </table> </xsl:template> Update: i wrote: <my:translations xmlns:my="my:my"> <w e="name" r="????????"/> <w e="model" r="??????"/> <w e="year" r="???"/> <w e="glass_type" r="???"/> <w e="scancode" r="???????"/> <w e="eurocode" r="???????"/> <w e="comment" r="???????????"/> <w e="glass_size" r="??????"/> <w e="vendor" r="?????????????"/> <w e="trademark" r="???????? ?????"/> <w e="fprice" r="????"/> </my:translations> <xsl:value-of select="//w/@r"/> And have no result from this code. Is it normal? And how can i get new element w?

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  • Java certification roadMap

    - by NoProblemBabe
    I am a .net programmer for sometime, and I was thinking about getting a Java certification, but unlike .Net, Java is a mystery to me. What are good certification books? What is the roadmap for the certifications? Is that the best path, or the only path? http://in.sun.com/training/certification/java/ Thank you very much

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  • Roadmap for Architecture

    - by NoProblemBabe
    Ok, I am a developer for 6 years now and I came from a hater to an enthusiast about technology. I am a senior developer, almost all focused in web applications, asp.net, quite experienced and very, very focused in develop myself. I come to a crossroads in my area, I want to become an Architect, not an analyst or a project manager. I like to get my hands dirty, to actually do things, and I, well,... have to admit it, that I am a little lost about what I should've already known, and what i should be studying, in order to enter in that field. So here comes the question: What an Architect should be proficient in?

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  • Overcoming Inertia - How to Just Get Going on Stuff

    - by kronoz
    I wondered whether you guys could help me - I have a big problem with overcoming inertia, i.e. how to just get started on a project/work when you simply feel the inertia of not being in the right 'zone' to do work such that it really becomes pretty damn tough to actually get on with what you want to do. Forgive me quoting my blog post where I try to express the problem as best I can:- The problem is that it feels so damned difficult to exert the force required to shift from one mode to another, so much so that you find it almost inconceivable to do so at the time. You need to force yourself somehow, or at least find some sort of hack to trick yourself into it. Do you guys have any ideas/hacks as to how to overcome this? Thanks in advance, and hopefully the community feel this question is valid for stack overflow (I have set it community wiki due to its fairly subjective nature.)

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  • Are there any code critique sites or similar resources?

    - by Ukko
    I have noticed when people post example code illustrating some issue that they are having often they will gather a number of comments addressing the quality of the code they presented and not the actual problem asked. This is very helpful--if not well directed. Often, this is wasted effort since the asker is often not receptive and the code is often chopped down to something small to post leaving lots of rough edges. In the old days you would see people asking questions like this on comp.lang.lisp and other parts of the comp.lang hierarchy. But that bit of the net kind of sank into the sewers of neglect. Is there a comparable one-stop-shop today? I am partially asking for selfish reasons, I know how to write good idiomatic C, Lisp, O'Caml, and Java code. But I learned C++ pre-template and STL, those rusty skills are not really applicable to today's C++. I have picked up languages like Scala in a vacuum and get by, but am I really doing it correctly? There are so many ways you can abuse a language, I am currently working against a codebase of Fortran written in C, and I recognize and loathe the "that guy" who wrote it. I don't want to be someone else's "that guy" if I can help it. Just because it works does not mean that one did not totally miss the boat on how it should have been done. Do you seek out this type of critique? If so how, where and why? What types of benefits do you derive from it? How about abuse and trolls?

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  • improving drawing pythagoras tree

    - by sasquatch90
    Hello. I have written program for drawing pythagoras tree fractal. Can anybody see any way of improving it ? Now it is 120 LOc. I was hoping to shorten it to ~100... import javax.swing.*; import java.util.Scanner; import java.awt.Color; import java.awt.Dimension; import java.awt.Graphics; import javax.swing.JComponent; public class Main extends JFrame {; public Main(int n) { setSize(900, 900); setTitle("Pythagoras tree"); Draw d = new Draw(n); add(d); setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); setVisible(true); } private int pow(int n){ int pow = 2; for(int i = 1; i < n; i++){ if(n==0){ pow = 1; } pow = pow*2; } return pow; } public static void main(String[] args) { Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in); System.out.print("Give amount of steps: "); int steps = sc.nextInt(); new Main(steps); } } class Draw extends JComponent { private int height; private int width; private int steps; public Draw(int n) { height = 800; width = 800; steps = n; Dimension d = new Dimension(width, height); setMinimumSize(d); setPreferredSize(new Dimension(d)); setMaximumSize(d); } @Override public void paintComponent(Graphics g) { super.paintComponent(g); g.setColor(Color.white); g.fillRect(0, 0, width, height); g.setColor(Color.black); int w = width; int h = height; int x1, x2, x3, x4, x5, y1, y2, y3, y4, y5; int base = w/7; x1 = (w/2)-(base/2); x2 = x1; x3 = (w/2)+(base/2); x4 = x3; x5 = w/2; y1 = (h-(h/15))-base; y2 = h-(h/15); y3 = y2; y4 = y1; y5 = (h-(h/15))-(base+(base/2)); //paint g.drawLine(x1, y1, x2, y2); g.drawLine(x2, y2, x3, y3); g.drawLine(x3, y3, x4, y4); g.drawLine(x1, y1, x4, y4); int n1 = steps; n1--; if(n1>0){ g.drawLine(x1, y1, x5, y5); g.drawLine(x4, y4, x5, y5); paintMore(n1, g, x1, x5, x4, y1, y5, y4); paintMore(n1, g, x4, x5, x1, y4, y5, y1); } } public void paintMore(int n1, Graphics g, double x1_1, double x2_1, double x3_1, double y1_1, double y2_1, double y3_1){ double x1, x2, x3, x4, x5, y1, y2, y3, y4, y5; //counting x1 = x1_1 + (x2_1-x3_1); x2 = x1_1; x3 = x2_1; x4 = x2_1 + (x2_1-x3_1); x5 = ((x2_1 + (x2_1-x3_1)) + ((x2_1-x3_1)/2)) + ((x1_1-x2_1)/2); y1 = y1_1 + (y2_1-y3_1); y2 = y1_1; y3 = y2_1; y4 = y2_1 + (y2_1-y3_1); y5 = ((y1_1 + (y2_1-y3_1)) + ((y2_1-y1_1)/2)) + ((y2_1-y3_1)/2); //paint g.setColor(Color.green); g.drawLine((int)x1, (int)y1, (int)x2, (int)y2); g.drawLine((int)x3, (int)y3, (int)x4, (int)y4); g.drawLine((int)x1, (int)y1, (int)x4, (int)y4); n1--; if(n1>0){ g.drawLine((int)x1, (int)y1, (int)x5, (int)y5); g.drawLine((int)x4, (int)y4, (int)x5, (int)y5); paintMore(n1, g, x1, x5, x4, y1, y5, y4); paintMore(n1, g, x4, x5, x1, y4, y5, y1); } } }

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  • Slider with buttons. How to improve?

    - by Kalinin
    I need to make slider. I have content (which should shift horizontally) and two buttons - "right" and "left". If you press the button and hold it, the content starts to move (in the appropriate direction). If you not hold the button, then the movement stops. This behavior is copies the behavior of usual window scrollbar. I wrote code: var animateTime = 1, offsetStep = 5; //event handling for buttons "left", "right" $('.bttR, .bttL') .mousedown(function() { scrollContent.data('loop', true).loopingAnimation($(this)); }) .bind("mouseup mouseout", function(){ scrollContent.data('loop', false); }); $.fn.loopingAnimation = function(el){ if(this.data('loop') == true){ var leftOffsetStr; leftOffsetInt = parseInt(this.css('marginLeft').slice(0, -2)); if(el.attr('class') == 'bttR') leftOffsetStr = (leftOffsetInt - offsetStep).toString() + 'px'; else if(el.attr('class') == 'bttL') leftOffsetStr = (leftOffsetInt + offsetStep).toString() + 'px'; this.animate({marginLeft: leftOffsetStr}, animateTime, function(){ $(this).loopingAnimation(el); }) } return this; } But it does have a few things that I do not like: Always call the function animation (loopingAnimation) - I think that this is an extra load (not good). When moving content he "twitches and trembling" - (it's not pretty). How can I solve this problem more elegantly and without the drawbacks of my code?

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  • Up to date Ruby On Rails books?

    - by Earlz
    Hello, I've been trying to learn Rails for a while now and I just can not piece it all together with random blogs and SO questions, so I've decided I need a full book/ebook. Can anyone suggest a good one? I've been looking at Agile Web Development With Rails 4th edition. There is an old question about Ruby On Rails books but it is from 2008 and there has been new Rails releases since then. I basically would like a book that is more than a reference, but also doesn't assume I'm a non-programmer. Also, I already know a lot of Ruby. So, what books would you recommend that is up to date and also doesn't treat me like a baby?

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  • What have you learned from your students?

    - by Helper Method
    It is said that a true master learns from his students. Since I'm tutoring at university, from time to time a question or a comment from the students I'm working with made me to see something from a different perspective, you get deeper insights, etc. So, what have you learned from your students/junior developers/... ?

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  • Just 2 free months to learn or improve my skills

    - by microspino
    On the 30 of June I will leave my every day work to start as freelance developer. I'd like to set a period of 2 months apart to improve my dev skills. At work I code in C# and during my spare time I enjoyed building Ruby on Rails web applications and creating some Arduino prototypes. I'm something more than junior but I don't feel really a senior developer because I never had a big corporate project built and designed by me with help of other juniors (although I don't think this is really a good definiton of a "senior", It helps describing my feelings). Using a scale from 0 (ignorant) to 10 (proficient like a "samurai") the list below describes my skills that I would like to improve with just 2 months. I've already bought some nice and updated books on all the subjects hereunder: The order doesn't matter C = 1 C# & .Net = 6 Arduino & Processing = 2 Ruby = 5 Rails = 5 HTML/XHTML/CSS = 9 Javascript = 6 Objective-C/iPhone dev = 2 Python = 4 Django = 4 Desing Patterns = 3 Algorythms = 3 Git = 5 I haven't included SQL or Databases in general nor Networking because I spent 10 years working in the past with them and I feel pretty solid for now. As an aside, I've made up some interest in Redis, Node.js, HTML5 reading about them on the web. After two months, since I have to pay my bills, I could go searching for some new job. If learning and developing were really good maybe I could also invest on something I gave birth during them. Can You give me some piece of advice on which you think It's better to improve or develop a learning project on (something like a "summer of code" thing)? The all point Is to see my weaknesses and work on them.

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  • Writing code to be a better programmer

    - by wtfsven
    A while back I heard on a podcast about a site listing "10 applications to write that will make you a better programmer." I'm desperate to find where this is, or at the very least a decent list from someone here. The thing is, I've been writing code for about 8 years now, and it's my passion. Very few things make me happier than getting lost in some C# or Python. But I've spent the last 2 years in a job that doesn't allow me much time to do what I love. Now everyone knows that the best way to keep your coding sword sharp is to use it, and I've noticed recently that mine is getting dull. Does anyone have any suggestions on some simple programs to help flex my coding muscle? I'm one of those odd few who actually likes writing CRUD applications, so stuff like that would be nice, too.

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  • Split node list to parts.

    - by Kalinin
    xml: <mode>1</mode> <mode>2</mode> <mode>3</mode> <mode>4</mode> <mode>5</mode> <mode>6</mode> <mode>7</mode> <mode>8</mode> <mode>9</mode> <mode>10</mode> <mode>11</mode> <mode>12</mode> i need to separate it on parts (for ex. on 4): xslt: <xsl:variable name="vNodes" select="mode"/> <xsl:variable name="vNumParts" select="4"/> <xsl:variable name="vNumCols" select="ceiling(count($vNodes) div $vNumParts)"/> <xsl:for-each select="$vNodes[position() mod $vNumCols = 1]"> <xsl:variable name="vCurPos" select="(position()-1)*$vNumCols +1"/> <ul> <xsl:for-each select="$vNodes[position() >= $vCurPos and not(position() > $vCurPos + $vNumCols -1)]"> <li><xsl:value-of select="."/></li> </xsl:for-each> </ul> </xsl:for-each> this code is written by Dimitre Novatchev - great coder)) but for the number of nodes less then number of parts (for ex. i have 2 modes) this code does not work - it outputs nothing. How it upgrade for that case (without choose construction)?

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  • Paginating requests to an API

    - by user332912
    I'm consuming (via urllib/urllib2) an API that returns XML results. The API always returns the total_hit_count for my query, but only allows me to retrieve results in batches of, say, 100 or 1000. The API stipulates I need to specify a start_pos and end_pos for offsetting this, in order to walk through the results. Say the urllib request looks like "http://someservice?query='test'&start_pos=X&end_pos=Y". If I send an initial 'taster' query with lowest data transfer such as http://someservice?query='test'&start_pos=1&end_pos=1 in order to get back a result of, for conjecture, total_hits = 1234, I'd like to work out an approach to most cleanly request those 1234 results in batches of, again say, 100 or 1000 or... This is what I came up with so far, and it seems to work, but I'd like to know if you would have done things differently or if I could improve upon this: hits_per_page=1000 # or 1000 or 200 or whatever, adjustable total_hits = 1234 # retreived with BSoup from 'taster query' base_url = "http://someservice?query='test'" startdoc_positions = [n for n in range(1, total_hits, hits_per_page)] enddoc_positions = [startdoc_position + hits_per_page - 1 for startdoc_position in startdoc_positions] for start, end in zip(startdoc_positions, enddoc_positions): if end total_hits: end = total_hits print "url to request is:\n ", print "%s&start_pos=%s&end_pos=%s" % (base_url, start, end) p.s. I'm a long time consumer of StackOverflow, especially the Python questions, but this is my first question posted. You guys are just brilliant.

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  • Could this be considered a well-written PHP5 class?

    - by Ben Dauphinee
    I have been learning OOP principals on my own for a while, and taken a few cracks at writing classes. What I really need to know now is if I am actually using what I have learned correctly, or if I could improve as far as OOP is concerned. I have chopped a massive portion of code out of a class that I have been working on for a while now, and pasted it here. To all you skilled and knowledgeable programmers here I ask: Am I doing it wrong? class acl extends genericAPI{ // -- Copied from genericAPI class protected final function sanityCheck($what, $check, $vars){ switch($check){ case 'set': if(isset($vars[$what])){return(1);}else{return(0);} break; } } // --------------------------------- protected $db = null; protected $dataQuery = null; public function __construct(Zend_Db_Adapter_Abstract $db, $config = array()){ $this->db = $db; if(!empty($config)){$this->config = $config;} } protected function _buildQuery($selectType = null, $vars = array()){ // Removed switches for simplicity sake $this->dataQuery = $this->db->select( )->from( $this->config['table_users'], array('tf' => '(CASE WHEN count(*) > 0 THEN 1 ELSE 0 END)') )->where( $this->config['uidcol'] . ' = ?', $vars['uid'] ); } protected function _sanityRun_acl($sanitycheck, &$vars){ switch($sanitycheck){ case 'uid_set': if(!$this->sanityCheck('uid', 'set', $vars)){ throw new Exception(ERR_ACL_NOUID); } $vars['uid'] = settype($vars['uid'], 'integer'); break; } } private function user($action = null, $vars = array()){ switch($action){ case 'exists': $this->_sanityRun_acl('uid_set', $vars); $this->_buildQuery('user_exists_idcheck', $vars); return($this->db->fetchOne($this->dataQuery->__toString())); break; } } public function user_exists($uid){ return($this->user('exists', array('uid' => $uid))); } } $return = $acl_test->user_exists(1);

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  • Specific template for the first element.

    - by Kalinin
    I have a template: <xsl:template match="paragraph"> ... </xsl:template> I call it: <xsl:apply-templates select="paragraph"/> For the first element I need to do: <xsl:template match="paragraph[1]"> ... <xsl:apply-templates select="."/><!-- I understand that this does not work --> ... </xsl:template> How to call <xsl:apply-templates select="paragraph"/> (for the first element paragraph) from the template <xsl:template match="paragraph[1]">? So far that I have something like a loop. I solve this problem so (but I do not like it): <xsl:for-each select="paragraph"> <xsl:choose> <xsl:when test="position() = 1"> ... <xsl:apply-templates select="."/> ... </xsl:when> <xsl:otherwise> <xsl:apply-templates select="."/> </xsl:otherwise> </xsl:choose> </xsl:for-each>

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  • Which programming paradigm or language open most your mind?

    - by Dom De Felice
    It is often said that some programming languages exist that once grasped can open your mind and change the way you write software. A sort of "software design enlightenment", we can say. I heard this about Lisp, Smalltalk, Haskell, pure functional programming in general.. What are your experiences about this? I know that the right language to use depends on your needs, but I would like to know the one that better improve your programming skills in general. What do you think would be the best language/paradigm to learn to end up being a better programmer in the long run?

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