Do you ever open a source code file and see a method that starts at the top of your screen and kind of oozes its way to the bottom with no end in sight? When you find yourself in that situation, imagine that you’re reading a ticker tape and try to guess at where the…
Let’s say that in a green field code base someone puts together a type that conceptually is a collection of non-integer values. For the sake of discussion, let’s call it a graph. A graph object might store a series of two-element tuples or perhaps a series of some value type like “point.” The graph might…
The other day, I was reviewing some code, and I saw a series of methods conforming to the following (anti) ‘pattern’ public class CustomerProcessor { public void ProcessCustomer(Customer customer) { try { if (customer.IsActive) ProcessActiveCustomer(customer); } catch (Exception ex) { throw ex; } } private void ProcessActiveCustomer(Customer customer) { try { CheckCustomerName(customer); WriteCustomerToFile(customer); } catch…
REST Web Services Are Fundamental In my career, I’ve sort of drifted like a wraith among various technology stacks and platforms, working on web sites, desktop apps, drivers, or even OS/kernel level stuff. Anything that you might work on has its enthusiasts, its peculiar culture, and its best practices and habits. It’s interesting to bop…
When I was in high school, I had a tendency to procrastinate when it came to assignments and, well, pretty much everything in life. I think that this is sort of a staple of the teenage condition. As a result, I’d often stay up late writing some paper the night before it was due and…
