Is there such a concept as “pseudo implementation” in software development?
I’m looking for a label to describe the practice of using human-based computation methods or other means of “faking” an algorithm for the sake of getting a product or demo off the ground quickly without spending the time to develop an technical/scalable/analytical solution? Eg: using Amazon Turk to count the number of empty tables in a restaurant.
how to programtically build a grid of interlocking but random sized squares
I want to create a two dimensional layout of rectangular shapes, a grid made up of random sized cubes. The cubed should fit together and have equal padding or margin (space between). Kind of like a comic book layout, or more like the image attached.
Why should a class be anything other than “abstract” or “final/sealed”?
After 10+ years of java/c# programming, I find myself creating either:
Learning by doing (and programming by trial and error) [closed]
Closed 9 years ago.
Child to Parent linking – bad idea?
I have a situation where my parent knows about it’s child (duh) but I want the child to be able to reference the parent. The reason for this is that I want the child to have the ability to designate itself as most important or least important when it feels like it. When the child does this, it moves it to the top or bottom of the parent’s children.
Naming convention: field starting with “m” or “s”
I saw lot of code (for example some Android source code) where fields name start with a m while static fields start with s
Is it bad to be the only person supporting software you have developed?
My employer has a need for a web-based application to manage and share data within the department, with approximately 50-75 possible users. I feel I have the ability to write it for them. I would likely use Python/Django with a MySQL database, so it would be open source. However, I’m the only IT person in my department (our larger organization has a separate IT support staff with which I often work, but not for web development). I want to develop this application, but if I leave in 1-2 years, and someone else has to come in after me and support it, will this be seen as a bad decision?
What are the benefits vs costs of comment annotation in PHP?
I have just started working with symfony2 and have run across comment annotations.
Tips or techniques to use when you don’t know how to code something? [closed]
It’s difficult to tell what is being asked here. This question is ambiguous, vague, incomplete, overly broad, or rhetorical and cannot be reasonably answered in its current form. For help clarifying this question so that it can be reopened, visit the help center. Closed 11 years ago. I have a background as UI designer. And […]
Necessary Infrastructure for large project with many components communicating through IPCs
I have a fairly in depth question which probably doesn’t have an exact answer.