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...
View ArticleA 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...
View ArticleUsing 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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