In software development, the concept of a side effect is generally understood to be something like this: In computer science, an operation, function or expression is said to have a side effect if it modifies some state variable value(s) outside… Continue Reading →
If you’re around my age or have been in the industry since the early 2000s, you likely think of the phrase “clean code” being synonymous with the book by the same name written by Uncle Bob (or Robert Martin). From… Continue Reading →
TL;DR: I’ve found this to be true in my career. In my experience, whether or not you get a greenfield project depends on your company or the nature of your team. If courses teach you’ll be building more greenfield projects… Continue Reading →
With regard to what I shared in the previous post – What Do You Expect From Being a Software Developer? – the author provided 10 things that I found worth sharing (and now considering). At the very least, it’s something… Continue Reading →
Not everyone who works in software development has a degree in computer science (or a degree at all), and I’m not suggesting that you should. However, if you have ever taken a class, course, or degree program in computer science,… Continue Reading →
The point is that I’m making is this: don’t perform an early return unless it makes the code easier to follow. Source
