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12 questions linked to/from Does software reuse preclude process repeatability
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Why can't the IT industry deliver large, faultless projects quickly as in other industries?
After watching National Geographic's MegaStructures series, I was surprised how fast large projects are completed. Once the preliminary work (design, specifications, etc.) is done on paper, the ...
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What technical details should a programmer of a web application consider before making the site public?
What things should a programmer implementing the technical details of a web application consider before making the site public? If Jeff Atwood can forget about HttpOnly cookies, sitemaps, and cross-...
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When is a BIG Rewrite the answer?
Just read the question about the Big Rewrites and I remembered a question that I've been wanting answered myself.
I have a horrible project passed down to me, written in old Java, using Struts 1.0, ...
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Are there concrete reasons not to use libraries and code snippets heavily? [closed]
Overall I'm in programming for about 8 years now and it seems to me that I'm relying more and more on open source libraries and snippets (damn you GitHub!) to "get the job done". I know that in time I ...
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How common is it for a team to write everything in-house? [closed]
In a recent interview I asked the interviewers "how do you go about evaluating new technologies and libraries (such as SignalR) and bringing them in to use?". They said they don't, that instead they ...
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What can programmers learn from the construction industry? [closed]
When talking with colleagues about software design and development principles, I've noticed one of the most common sources for analogies is the construction industry. We build software and we ...
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When is it more productive to build your own framework than to use an existing one? [closed]
I would like to know why you decided to build your own framework in your company.
By framework, I don't mean few libraries you use often. I mean a specific way of building applications on top of it, ...
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Are missed deadlines common in programming jobs? [closed]
It was my freelancer job at oDesk. I have done several jobs earlier in given time, but is was the first time I missed the deadline. It was a very lengthy job and I tried my best but I still missed the ...
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When is a 'core' library a bad idea?
When developing software, I often have a centralised 'core' library containing handy code that can be shared and referenced by different projects.
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a set of functions to manipulate strings
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Logistics of code reuse (OOP)
One of the driving points behind OOP is code reuse. I am curious about the actual logistics of this and how others both in team or solo handle it. For example lets say you have 5 projects you have ...
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What are effective ways to introduce the concept of code kata into the workplace?
In your experiences, what are some effective ways to introduce code kata practice into an organization or company?
To be clear, I'm not concerned with the usefulness of code kata. I'm interested in ...
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When not to reuse software?
I'm working on an application that had basic requirements for authentication in the first version (i.e. think single administrator login), and now I have a requirement to extend this to allow for ...
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