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I might look into them for my 2009 goals, which happens to be centralize and distribute all my code hosting and things of that nature. Plus I want to do more with my blog and maintain a portfolio of things I’ve worked on so it might be the time to [...]
// coded in case quantities is not 1.
int quantity;
try {
quantity = Integer.parseInt( someMethod.getQuantity() );
} catch ( Exception ex ){
//if any exception, always sets it to 1.
quantity = 1;
}
Yes, quantity = 1 does indeed set that variable to 1, that [...]
I figure this is a good one because most of the code makes me want to shoot myself in the head. Ignore the escaped quotes for now.
logger.info(” , [...]
I’ve given a number of interviews over my career and I’ve evolved the way I interview people. I’ve found that presenting people with real word problems and asking how they would approach it and what a possible solution would be is a great way test candidates chops. Remembering a bunch of APIs and methods isn’t [...]
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I love finding documentation or wiki entries from a year ago with a title of something like “New CVS Commit Template” or “New Build Process”. You have to keep in mind that you’re writing this documentation to be persisted, it usually sticks around longer than a month. So instead of looking like a short sighted [...]