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A methodology is usually a guideline system for solving a problem, with specific components such as phases, tasks, methods, techniques and tools.

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unit testing philosophy

I have a "recipe" method which i am trying to write using TDD. It basically calls out to different methods and occasionally makes decisions based on results of these methods: public void HandleNewData(Data data) { var existingDataStore =…
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Using Different IDEs in the same development team

I'm about to join a new (Java) development team and a thought came to mind - do they use Eclipse? I have been working with Eclipse for the past 6 years and don't see myself switching to another IDE if the team is using that IDE (e.g. IntelliJ). Is…
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How do you prove a function works?

I've recently gotten the testing religion and have started primarily with unit testing. I code unit tests which illustrate that a function works under certain cases, specifically using the exact inputs I'm using. I may do a number of unit tests to…
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PHP debugging with remote shell access

I'm playing with a PHP weblog application using a shared hosting service, as a part of my PHP learning process. The service provider has a typical LAMP environment with remote ssh access. Vim has been my best friend in exploring the PHP code.…
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Statistics based on MySQL and PHP

I'm struggling with a problem I hope some of you might be able to help me with. I got the following table structure for a table which contains lots of actions. I then would like to make a php script which generates some statistics.…
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How can I figure out which programming methodology (if any) that we're using?

My group is moving to Team Foundation Server soon. Actually, I'm heading up the effort. One of the things you get to decide is which methodology you're using - Agile, CMMI, etc. Thing is - I have no idea what methodology we use. By which I mean,…
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asp.net mvc stand alone ascx control how do i link (css and js) most efficiently

I need some advice. (For those who have already read this before I have re-edited this question heavily) I have developed some asp.net mvc web pages. Each page has a master and some ascx controls (between 2 - 6) embedded into it a js and css…
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Selecting the right technology and environment

We are two developers on the edge of starting new web product development. We are both fans of lean start-up approach and would like to practice continuous deployment. Here comes the dilemma - we are both coming from a C# / Windows background and we…
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methodology for a team coursework

I need a methodology to organize my team for a university assignment. I am a university student and already have some programming experience. My experience of working in teams of more then 2 people on a relatively large project is that everything…
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Development methodologies for immature teams

While studying a software methodologies, I often see disclaimers along the lines of "This methodology requires a mature development team." Which development methodologies are specifically geared towards immature development teams? I'd assume this…
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Which Programming methodology to used for Final Year Project?

I am a final year Computer Science Student and as part of my Bachelors degree I am doing a project on Data Mining of Microarray DNA expression data. I will have to develop a few algorithms such as Bayesian Networks to run on my datasets to find out…
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spirit of a jUnit test

Suppose that you have the following logic in place: processMissing(masterKey, masterValue, p.getPropertiesData().get(i).getDuplicates()); public StringBuffer processMissing(String keyA, String valueA, Set dupes) { // do some magic } I…
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Alternative approach to reproducible research where source code is the primary medium

TL;DR: The common dynamic document (IPython notebook style) approach to reproducible research usually does not result in reusable source code modules. Are there tools/approaches that use the source code as the primary medium and include text within…
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When not / to write tests before implementation?

I'm not sure how "tests first" works and I'd like to hear arguments about when and why one would take this approach. I hear that it's often recommended to write tests and mock things before writing a single line of implementation. However, I can't…
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MongoDB - PHP - Factory method implementation

There are lots of articles regarding factory method implementation in PHP. I want to implement such a method for my MongoDB implementation in PHP. I wrote the code something like below. Please Look at that code.
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