Copy, Paste, Fail, Repeat Today, I was reviewing some code, and I saw a “before” that looked like this: private void RefreshClassifierValues(Array NewValues) { List ClassifiersList = Classifiers; int i = 0; foreach (Classifier classifier in ClassifiersList) { classifier.Value = NewValues.GetValue(i++); } } The first thing that stuck out to me was that I really…
An Announcement I’ve enlisted the help of freelance editor Amanda Muledy to copy edit this blog. The content will not be altered in terms of substance; rather, she’ll be correcting grammar and spelling mistakes and the like. She’ll even know whether or not the semi-colon I just used was some kind of faux pas. She…
What’s a Bloated Constructor? Yesterday, I was going through the version history of a file in some code base (from earliest to most recent) and I saw the following: public ActiveProduct(Product product, StringVersion driver, Side es) { Side = es; try { if (product == null) throw new Exception(“Can’t create an active product from a…
This is a little series of things that I’ve picked up over the course of time and use in situations to make my code more compact, and, in my opinion readable. Your mileage may vary on liking any or all of these, but I figured I’d share them. To me, compacting code is very important….
So, I’m back from my two weeks overseas, refreshed, enriched, and generally wiser, I suppose. We traveled to Spain and Portugal, visiting a ton of historic sites, eating good food and having fun. For my first post back, I’d like to make a third post in my series on abstractions. Methods as Recipes I was…
