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Local Variable Declarations

When coding in Java, I prefer to declare local variables at their point of use. On a recent project, I have encountered developers who have been taught in their computing science course(s) to put local...

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A Tale of Bad Exception Handling in Finally Blocks in Java

There is always something more to learn. That was the lesson for me last week when I learned something new about the Java programming language, despite having used professionally it for almost 10...

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Using To Do Comments in Code

I am a big proponent of using to do comments – comments prefixed by a specific identifier such as "TODO" – in a code base to indicate outstanding tasks or issues with the code. I have encountered...

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Defect Prevention Practices

I have written numerous times about defect elimination practices such as code reviews, unit testing, and static code analysis tools. From the perspective of lean thinking, however, eliminating defects,...

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