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This week, we continue our Clean Code discussion as we dive into the joys and pains of error handing.
Clean Code – Objects vs Data Structures
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This week we’re drawing a line in the sand between objects and data structures. Who will win? Take a listen and decide for yourself!
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Clean Code – Formatting Matters
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Ever judged a book by its cover? Of course you have. Ever passed judgement on some code simply because it didn’t look pretty? There’s more to writing code than having it functional and in this episode we dive into the reasons code formatting actually matters. Who wins the newspaper format debate?! Leave us a comment and let us know! [Read more…]
Clean Code – Comments Are Lies
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This week, Michael fails geography, Allen introduces us to Croom, and Joe has to potty as we head into our third installment of the Clean Code series.
Clean Code – How to Write Amazing Functions
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We continue talking our way through Clean Code, taking a deep look at the building blocks of programming in the quest to write the best functions. Oh, and everybody sings.
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https://www.codingblocks.net/episode48.
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Clean Code – Writing Meaningful Names
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In this episode, we take our first dive into the book Clean Code by Robert Martin and specifically we talk about writing meaningful names for all things code related. You’ll be amazed at how following some decent rules that you can start naming things that will help you and fellow coders understand your code at a glance. [Read more…]
Caching in the Application Framework
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Storing smaller subsets of data in a faster, closer memory can make astronomical differences in performance. This episode we’re talking about the caching tools and techniques that application frameworks provide.
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Caching Overview and Hardware
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In this episode we give a general overview of caching, where it’s used, why it’s used, and what the differences in hardware implementations mean in terms we can understand. This will be foundational to understanding caching at a software level in an upcoming episode. There’s also something about the number 37 that may be the most important number to remember…ever… [Read more…]
Stack Overflow Salaries and Landing the Job
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This week on Coding Blocks, Allen says www as best he can, Joe eats the microphone, and Michael does something crazy as we discuss Stack Overflow’s Salary Calculator and our experiences in landing the job – what to do and what not to do.
Nulls, Procs, and Impostor Syndrome
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This time we’re talking about problems with nulls, stored procedures, and impostor syndrome.
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