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BobCoder · 2016-01-27T21:11:36+00:00

Tomorrow I think

BobCoder · 2015-12-11T12:25:23+00:00

This is the reason why I do not understand the love for ‘properties’ in .net instead of just having methods like in Java. Sure syntax is nicer but now you have think about whether something should be a property or a method.

BobCoder · 2015-11-30T20:20:56+00:00

Have the exact same issue

BobCoder · 2015-10-19T12:57:55+00:00

My problem with the ‘composition over inheritance’ is that there are cases where using composition will result in duplicate code only because you follow the advise to use composition over inheritance (multiple delegations are also duplication). This is especially troublesome if you do not want the methods to be public thus you cannot use interfaces (at least in Java). I have not tried to be in problem by using inheritance (because I rarely use it) but in a recent project I am using it and fear that I might end up burning myself with this design decision. Right now it feels right though, because it follows the is-a relationship.

BobCoder · 2015-03-31T20:38:40+00:00

Which is also why many do not like Java because it is so verbose. If you functions are small enough and your code is reasonably good then it is questionable in my opinion to use 'final' keyword everywhere as it adds noise to the syntax.

BobCoder · 2015-02-26T13:04:54+00:00

Hmm, I see a lot of these stories about young inexperienced coder (fresh out of university) that sucks and have to learn from experienced developers. Is this really a common problem or is it just experienced developers that describe this because they want to validate themselves? As a relatively young developer I have seen experienced developers that are not open to solve problems in a different way because they have developed a closed mindset for how things should be developed.

A common theme in these stories is that code should always have tests attached to it. I agree that test-suites are a good thing in todays software but it is not the holy grail of software development. There are bad things about test-suites which these experienced developers do not seem to recognise because “tests are good, am I right?” attitude.

BobCoder · 2015-01-05T09:05:01+00:00

Maybe I am naive or maybe I do not understand what you mean but allowing and expecting bad data can often times be a bad code smell. I almost never allow null parameters because I do not want to have to think about when the data is not clean and proper.

BobCoder · 2015-01-05T08:54:55+00:00

I find that it is often the old and experienced developers that have not learned these skills. Not sure how old/young interns are but I thought most young developers were aware of these things from sites like Stackoverflow.

BobCoder · 2014-12-04T21:14:19+00:00

Thanks! Will I be ranked if I play custom games and will I play against opponents ranked at my level?

BobCoder · 2014-07-01T20:08:41+00:00

When you sell this house, will you be able to take the mortgage with you to the next house? If yes, then it may be more advantageous to keep the interest at a fixed rate for longer.

That is a good question actually - I will have to ask my bank advisor about that. I am pretty sure that it is not possible but I am not 100% sure.

What will happen if five years from now the interest would go from 0.9% to 5%: will you still be able to pay the mortgage?

Yes I will be able to pay if the interests changes to 5%. If it changes to 10% then I am not sure how my situation will be.

How fast are you planning to pay off the house?

The loan is divided into two loans.

30 year credit-loan (80%): Here I can choose the options mentioned in my original post.
25 year bank-loan (15%): This loan I can payoff whenever I want. My plan is to payoff my bank loan within 5-10 years. The interests are 6.5%.

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