Questions tagged [source-code]
Source code is any collection of computer instructions (possibly with comments) written using some human-readable computer language, usually as text.
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"// ..." comments at end of code block after } - good or bad? [closed]
I've often seen such comments be used:
function foo() {
...
} // foo
while (...) {
...
} // while
if (...) {
...
} // if
and sometimes even as far as
if (condition) {
...
} // if (...
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Dealing with profanity in source code [closed]
How do people deal with profanity in source code and VCS comments. Keep or delete?
What about soft-expletives like WTF or Arrgggh?
Is unprofessional, offensive or something to be shrugged off?
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Writing/discussions about the aesthetics of code? [closed]
I'm looking for considerations of the questions "Can code be beautiful?" and "What makes code beautiful?"
Examples would include:
This academic paper: Obfuscation, Weird Languages, and Code ...
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Do you think code is self documenting? [closed]
This is a question that was put to me many years ago as a gradute in a job interview and it's nagged at my brain now and again and I've never really found a good answer that satisfied me.
The ...
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How to understand Linux kernel source code for a beginner? [closed]
I am a student interested in working on Memory Management, particularly the page replacement component of the linux kernel.
What are the different guides that can help me to begin understanding the ...
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What is programming like in the Japanese language? [closed]
Is the code written in Japanese? Are filenames in English? What about like a C preprocessor? Is that still in English? Are comments in Japanese?
Examples would be nice too.
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Anyone had success with selling source code, at sites like code canyon? [closed]
Recently I came across two sites that help programmers sell source code - binpress and codecanyon. Anyone have experience/success with sites like these?
Would you use them again? What was good about ...
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What are standard directory layouts for source code, other libraries, build scripts, etc.? [closed]
I'm in the process of proposing a new standard directory layout that will be used across all the projects in our organization. Projects can have compiled source code, setup scripts, build scripts, ...
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Does my JavaScript look big in this?
As programmers, you have certain curtains to hide behind with your code. With PHP all of your code is server side preprocessed, so this never see's the light of day as far as the user is concerned. If ...
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Where do you go to read good examples of source code? [closed]
I have heard a few people say that one of the best ways to improve your coding ability is to read others code and understand it. My question, as a relatively new programmer, where do I go to find ...
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Bringing code to an interview? [closed]
Is bringing printed code or code on a USB to an interview a good idea? If so, what kind of code should I bring. Should I avoid big projects and just show small snippets which show off my skills?
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Hand over source code to customer
I have made a couple iPhone applications for a customer and was asked today to hand over the source code so that they could do the maintenance if this should be required.
Until now, no code issues ...
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Development Approach: User Interface In or Domain Model Out?
While I've never delivered anything using Smalltalk, my brief time playing with it has definitely left its mark. The only way to describe the experience is MVC the way it was meant to be. ...
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What source code organization approach helps improve modularity and API/Implementation separation?
Few languages are as restrictive as Java with file naming standards and project structure. In that language, the file name must match the public class declared in the file, and the file must live in ...
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How do you go about understanding others' code? [duplicate]
What do you do to understand some code that you didn't write? Or code that you wrote long time ago and don't remember what it does anymore.
Do you have some technique that you go about? Do you ...
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Correct alignment when outcommenting code
Suppose I have some code
void some_block(void)
{
some_statement_1();
some_statement_2();
some_statement_3();
}
Now I wish to out-comment statement #2, but here I never can find a way ...
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How do you cope with ugly code that you wrote? [closed]
So your client asks you to write some code, so you do. He then changes the specs on you, as expected, and you diligently implement his new features like a good little lad. Except... the new features ...
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How to read thousands lines of code without any documentation? [closed]
Previously I was searching for a good TimeLine control for a WPF project. I found an answer in Here which direct me to this CodePlex project.
Now I want to change code to feed my culture needs. But ...
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btnBack vs backButtonField [closed]
For blackberry GUI developement. I am using the name convention like backButtonField and some of my colleagues are using btnBack.
But sometimes I stuck with the names like loginVerticalFieldManager ...
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What are your thoughts on Periods/Full Stops in code comments? [closed]
I saw this asked in the SO Tavern, so I'm posting the question here. I thought it an interesting question. (Of course it doesn't belong on SO, but I think it's OK here.)
Do you add periods (or, as ...
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What are some famous one-liner or two-liner programs and equations? [closed]
I'm experimenting with a new platform and I'm trying to write a program that deals with strings that are no longer than 60 characters and I'd like to populate the data store with some famous or well-...
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How serious is losing the source code? [closed]
If a software company loses the source code to one of the products they are selling, how serious would that be, in terms you could explain to a layman? Would the term "gross negligence" be too strong?...
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How do people manage to write and maintain extremely complex and hard to read code? [closed]
Reading SQLite source code is IMO mission impossible. Yet it is a usable piece of quite complex software (it's a full-blown embedded database after all) that can be downloaded, compiled and used from ...
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How complex is the documentation you write? [closed]
In a book I'm reading there is a chapter on documentation for your code. The book is about PHP and described some easy methods but also going for some complicated and time consuming methods (xml, xsl) ...
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How do you dive into large code bases?
What tools and techniques do you use for exploring and learning an unknown code base?
I am thinking of tools like grep, ctags, unit-tests, functional test, class-diagram generators, call graphs, ...