by Ruben Hamers | Nov 19, 2023 | Pragmatic Programmer
#begin Meta-Programming When I hear this term I think about static analysis. I’ve done some meta-programming in University to do static analysis on a Java project. It was SQLite if I remember correctly. But in The Pragmatic Programmer Andrew and David have a different...
by Ruben Hamers | Nov 5, 2023 | Pragmatic Programmer
#begin Bend, or Break In this chapter we will cover lots of interesting topics that have stood the test of time. Many of these topics will already be known to you as they are ingrained in our industry over the past 30 years. Remember, this book was written in 1999!...
by Ruben Hamers | Oct 24, 2023 | Pragmatic Programmer
#begin How to Balance Resources The next section of the book is about how you should or can balance resources. I think this concept is far more important in languages without garbage collection like c or c++ but David and Thomas will also talk about how to do...
by Ruben Hamers | Oct 6, 2023 | Pragmatic Programmer
#begin When to Use Exceptions Next up we get to the section I hinted at before and it’s about exceptions. We discussed the mindset of failing fast and the fact funny statement that dead programs tell no lies. David an Andrew rightfully admit that if you throw...
by Ruben Hamers | Sep 25, 2023 | Pragmatic Programmer
#begin Assertive Programming Let’s check out a section about assertive programming. We also talked about this earlier while discussing Design by Contract. Assertions allow you to use the compiler for certain conditions. Not just during testing, but also at...
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