Maybe OP searches for a way to outsource that stuff such that it doesn't clutter the actual logic that much. In that case he searches for a pattern advice or library, that kind of stuff. Therefore see questions like (1) and (2). — Zabuza 24 secs ago

@erip I'm not sure how to give code snippets when the question is about methodology, not code. Would a different SO channel be better? My understanding was that Software Engineering was a place to discuss SE methodologies and best practices — zyd 55 secs ago

What I'm trying to get to is - what is your desired output? [nil, 4, 2] does not look anything like "no of times an element is repeated in an array". What is b supposed to be? Also, it is probable that your error comes from misunderstanding what i is in for i in a, because you probably wouldn't write a[i] otherwise; but also for ... in ... is never ever used by Ruby programmers, and if you saw it in a book it's probably best to burn it. — Amadan just now

Possible duplicate of Why should C++ programmers minimize use of 'new'? — Nicky C 9 secs ago

Welcome to Stack Overflow! Can the destination folder be setup as a mapped drive? Beyond that tip, I'd suggest you check out "help center" as well as the tour and "How to Ask" and also "Minimal, Complete, and Verifiable example". This site is for programmers to find solutions to specific programming questions, with examples of what they've tried, and code/data samples when applicable. Good luck! — ashleedawg just now

While this is sort-of about programming, it would be a much better fit on Software Engineering. — Marc 53 secs ago

Requiring the customer's name to be exactly two tokens is an ugly constraint. For your amusement, read this. kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/… — tripleee 18 secs ago

Questions asking for homework help must include a summary of the work you've done so far to solve the problem, and a detailed description of the difficulty you are having solving it. does not work, please help me are not acceptable. — Jarrod Roberson 46 secs ago

Because goddamn, our DBAs and programmers will break stuff all day if we don't slow them down. The best I can hope for is that they only break stuff part of the day. — Full Decent 31 secs ago

Have a look at the same question on soft-eng. — Rakete1111 36 secs ago

Of course it's possible, but there are as many ways to do this as there are programmers in the world. We need you to make an attempt first and come back here with questions as you have specific problems with your implementation. — Joel Coehoorn 41 secs ago

@user202729 Questions about tools commonly used by programmers are on-topic. As such, questions about GitHub and git are on-topic here. This is, however, not relevant to JavaScript and is otherwise low-quality. — TylerH 27 secs ago

In general see Why is “Select * from table” considered bad practice — Alex K. 47 secs ago

@TheBlueNotebook I guess Software Engineering SE or similar would be a better match. — Ron 31 secs ago

You might try opensource.stackexchange.com or softwareengineering.stackexchange.com but SO if about programming problems. A few years ago licensing and library recommendations were OK here, but now they are outside the scope of the site. — dtech 1 min ago

SO is a site where programmers help each other. If you have some code and it isn't working please post it. The community will then try to help you. If you want someone to write some code for you please hire a coder. That helps the community. — destination-data 22 secs ago

This does not related to the side-effects that functional programmers mean when they talk about pure functions. The side effect here is the the init function of the package is executed, which registers the driver. — Peter 26 secs ago

It is strange that @JBNizet comes up with a clearly case that proves the point against checked exceptions. If forced to catch an exception after checking for the files existence, many programmers would consume the exception without logging (They DO, I've seen it) when they would have ignored it allowing it to be logged if it had been unchecked. Consuming a single checked exception without handling it can cost more developer time than almost any other problem... I've actually spent a full week tracking one of those that would have taken minutes if it had been unchecked and therefore logged. — Bill K 57 secs ago

@Aaron The issue is that new users directly paste the code without using the edit box's ability to paste code as code. In most languages it is an annoyance. In Python it is a big deal, especially because sometimes new programmers have actual indentation problems in their code, problems which are hidden when other users try to fix their indentation for them. For that reason, I almost never try to fix the indentation of posted Python code. — John Coleman 40 secs ago

Read this: Open letter to students with homework problems — HolyBlackCat 5 secs ago

@EugeneSh.: I've sometimes heard that all programmers should learn Python if for no other reason than to understand that whitespace is important. (Even if it's not important to the compiler, it's important to the code.) — David 44 secs ago

Probably a better fir for Software Engineering than SO — William Perron 34 secs ago

This should help you - softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/257857/… — isaace 27 secs ago

@WilliamPerron this question is a poor fit over there for the same reasons as here. Please abstain of recommending sites you're not familiar with. See What goes on Software Engineering (previously known as Programmers)? A guide for Stack Overflow — gnat 20 secs ago

Well written question! However, it might not fit stackoverflow's guidelines (because there's no clear answer) and might be better suited for softwareengineering.stackexchange.com or codereview.stackexchange.com (I don't know them well, so please ensure that your question fits.) — Georg Schölly 1 min ago

Thanks for the comments. I was actually going to post on Software engineering, after reading this thread: softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/120775/…. But I posted it here, as I thought this would be relevant for people thinking to improve their own codebase. What I asked here is about the best practice involved in improving code bases. Are you saying that there is no best practice involved in improving code bases, or reducing intermittent errors? — alpha_989 45 secs ago

Question maybe more suited for an architecture question in SE softwareengineering.stackexchange.com — progmatico 52 secs ago

@jww First, the page you linked to "What topics can I ask about here" specifically includes "software tools commonly used by programmers" of which Unity qualifies. Second, the question is precisely and only about running over ssh, so "remove the SSH stuff" is in fact utterly off-topic. — sh37211 25 secs ago

I have asked a similar question here: softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/364631/…. Could you take a look? — w0051977 46 secs ago