While there is a lot of sloppy programmers out there, these are not the only ones that have trouble finishing something. Some programmers strive for perfection in the software they create, and in the process end up spending precious time. Anything less than perfection feels like it is a waste for such programmers. It is…
Debugging code is an activity that shows a lot of the developer’s personality. It is a process that looks a lot like an investigation, leading to the detection of a failure in an application. During the investigation, a programmer has to employ some techniques, like information gathering, testing of hypothesis, performing quick instrumentation, etc. When…
Modern IDEs have very sofisticated interfaces to allow code navigation and editing. Although these facilities are very useful (specially when working with external libraries), there are somethings that are just easier to do in more traditional editors, such as UNIX ed. One of these things is keeping the context of several parts of your code….