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Is it unusual for a small company (15 developers) not to use managed source/version control?

It's not really a technical question, but there are several other questions here about source control and best practice. The company I work for (which will remain anonymous) uses a network share to host its source code and released code. It's the…
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Relationship between C#, .NET, ASP, ASP.NET etc

I'm really unclear on the difference between C#, C#.NET and the same for ASP and other '.NET' languages. From what I understand, .NET is a library/framework of... things. I think they're essentially access to Windows data such as form elements etc,…
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Should I refactor the code that is marked as "don't change"?

I am dealing with a pretty big codebase and I was given a few months to refactor existing code. The refactor process is needed because soon we will need to add many new features to our product and as for now we are no longer able to add any feature…
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Why does Uncle Bob suggest that coding standards shouldn't be written down if you can avoid it?

While I was reading this question, the top voted answer quoted Uncle Bob on coding standards, but I was confused by this tip: Don't write them down if you can avoid it. Rather, let the code be the way the standards are captured. This bounced in…
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Maintain hundreds of customized branches over master branch

Currently we have one master branch for our PHP application in a shared repository. We have more than 500 clients who are subscribers of our software, most of whom have some customization for different purposes, each in a separate branch. The…
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How much business logic should the database implement?

I've worked in some projects where most of the business logic was implemented on the database (mostly through stored procedures). On the other side, I've heard from some fellow programmers that this is a bad practice ("Databases are there to store…
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Why did memory-managed languages like Java, Javascript, and C# retain the `new` keyword?

The new keyword in languages like Java, Javascript, and C# creates a new instance of a class. This syntax seems to have been inherited from C++, where new is used specifically to allocate a new instance of a class on the heap, and return a pointer…
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Agile for the Solo Developer

How would someone implement Agile process concepts as a solo developer? Agile seems useful for getting applications developed at a faster pace, but it also seems very team oriented...
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What are the drawbacks of Python?

Python seems all the rage these days, and not undeservingly - for it is truly a language with which one almost enjoys being given a new problem to solve. But, as a wise man once said (calling him a wise man only because I've no idea as to who…
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How do you achieve a numeric versioning scheme with Git?

My organization is considering moving from SVN to Git. One argument against moving is as follows: How do we do versioning? We have an SDK distribution based on the NetBeans Platform. As the SVN revisions are simple numbers we can use them to extend…
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Are private methods with a single reference bad style?

Generally I use private methods to encapsulate functionality that is reused in multiple places in the class. But sometimes I have a large public method that could be broken up into smaller steps, each in its own private method. This would make the…
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What is a "shaded" Java dependency?

JVM developer here. Lately I've seen banter on IRC chat rooms and even in my own office about so-called "shaded" Java libraries. The context of the use will be something like: "Such and so provides a "shaded" client for XYZ." Perfect example is…
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What is the point of having every service class have an interface?

At the company I work at, every service class has a corresponding interface. Is this necessary? Notes: Most of these interfaces are only used by a single class We are not creating any sort of public API With modern mocking libraries able to…
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Are 9 to 5 programmers looked down upon?

I would consider myself a 9 to 5 programmer. What I mean by this, is that I have a programming job, but after I leave work, I leave my work there and do not take it home. I very much enjoy my career choice, and I enjoy the work that I do at my…
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What are the real life implications for an Apache 2 license?

I want to use SVG Edit for a project. This software is distributed under the Apache 2 license. I've seen that: all copies, modified or unmodified, are accompanied by a copy of the licence all modifications are clearly marked as being the work of…
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