The 2nd Monitor

skiwi

18:00

When starting with a high-level language like Java you really shouldn't need to worry about whatever your IDE does as long as you know what the code you write yourself does

And people use JUnit via the IDE because there's no advantage to not using it with the IDE

Legato

Well, don't you think those people should be able to though?

skiwi

"those people"?

Legato

the people who use JUnit with and IDE because doing so is superior, wouldn't you say they should at least have the know how to run it without?

skiwi

No, because there is absolutely no gain in knowing how to run it without

Have you ever fixed a problem by running the compiler and executing the code via command-line as opposed to via the IDE? I haven't. Have you ever saved time by doing it? I haven't

Legato

I haven't used any IDE much at all, for reasons stated above. I did find that it was faster than running the program through Eclipse or IntelliJ. The gain is seconds though. I don't know if there's any advantage to one over the other, but I like the idea of being able to do both.

rolfl

18:08

@Legato - the value of the IDE is significant, but most benefits come in to play when you have multiple classes, and you can take advantage of things like;

1. refactoring

2. autocompletion

3. dependency management

4. .... integration with other tools like version control, etc

for small projects, one-or-two files, the IDE is not that useful, but even then, typing main-Ctrl-space has benefits.

Hosch250

My favorite reason to use an IDE is because I can type "Class.", and it pulls the options up.

Legato

What does main-ctrl-space do :p ?

Hosch250

Refactoring is nice too, but I still check with a search or manually reviewing the files.

Jeroen Vannevel

I would assume autocomplete

Well, intellisense

Legato

Also, don't get me wrong I'm in no way arguing that an IDE is useful. This just happens to be the way I taught myself. I figure do it without, learn to do well, so when I do start using IDE it'll be like a rocket-ship.

Hosch250

18:13

I can write without an IDE just fine. However, an IDE makes it faster.

rolfl

main-ctrl-space:

public static void main(String[] args) {

}

Legato

Ah, with sublime text I just type ma and press enter

Though that's the only thing that has a shortcut haha.

Hosch250

Also, I don't know how to compile my code without an IDE (except for Java, which I can do through the command line, which is a pain and takes at least 10 times as long as using an IDE, of not 100 times as long).

rolfl

@Hosch250 - in a project with multiple projects, the one I like is f3 ....

Hosch250

Which IDE?

Duga

18:15

@JoachimPileborg pity to close this, it's a lovely question imo. Too broad, heck yeah, so what. There are far too many narrow and narrowminded questions on SO. Only issue one could have: it may be better suited over in codereview. — Peter Schneider 1 min ago

rolfl

put the cursor on a word, hit f3, and you go to it's declaratin, or to the class if it's a class you have selected

Legato

Also, those tools you mention: autocompletion, and refactoring. I can see myself using them now, but I definitely think if I'd know/understand less if I used one from the beginning.

But I could be totally wrong and biased.

rolfl

@Legato - don't get me wrong, it's important to know your way around it on a file level, but the value, in larger projects, of an IDE is significant

Hosch250

I didn't use refactoring until I started widely renaming methods and classes used across many files.

It is just faster that way.

Oh, I see.

Duga

Code review is off-topic for Stack Overflow, you should try codereview.stackexchange.com. — Preston Guillot 1 min ago

Hosch250

18:17

@rolfl I know everything in my project, so I haven't had to use that.

rolfl

@Legato - this is the value of refactor: github.com/hunterhacker/jdom/commit/…

Rename/relocate a class with a single key combination: Ctrl-shift-r for rename.

(including fixes in the JavaDoc)

skiwi

Even working with an IDE that doesn't do much stuff for me (autocomplete, etc.) is annoying as hell

Legato

I use Ctrl+H to rename things haha, but yeah that's definitely better.

Several files at once.

Also, Follower++

Jeroen Vannevel

@Legato that must be nice with the same names in different contexts

Legato

Ctrl + H is just a basic text editor tool, it would only affect the file in question.

Jeroen Vannevel

18:23

doesn't change it

you can have multiple contexts in one file

Legato

But why would I?

Maybe I'm confused by what you even mean.

Jeroen Vannevel

hold on, after this game

skiwi

@JeroenVannevel What are you playing? ;)

Jeroen Vannevel

LoL

Legato

Haven't played that since season 1. Besides trying out Dominion when it first came out.

Captain Obvious

18:29

0

Q: Filename interpreter for tv shows in php

I have small class which interprets tv show filenames to extract the show title and episode number. Due to the nature of the filenames, I have chosen for a cleaning approach: I clean the filename first as much as possible and then extract the necessary data (instead of matching the data right awa...

0

Q: C++ File I/O and Parsing Line Input

The project that I am currently working on has me opening a file and reading the information in it and storing it all on the heap. The information from the file will be: first name, last name, born date. Here is my code: data2.dat Florence,Forrest,10/12/1992 main.cpp #include <iostream> #i...

c++ parsing io

Legato

Also, I'm not really saying writing from the command line is better. That was never my argument. I've been self-teaching this other way. I plan to start using an IDE when my projects get larger. Right now, this is my second biggest "project": codereview.stackexchange.com/questions/62677/… I'm catching up to you guys, I see an IDE as a car when you want to get somewhere, but also the training wheels I want to avoid when learning to ride a bike.

Jeroen Vannevel

private int a;

public static void main(String[] args) {
	int a = 5;
}

public void a(){
	boolean a = true;

	if(a) {
		this.a = 99;
	}
}

Legato

I see.

But why?

Here we admonish that behavior.

Jeroen Vannevel

If you now use find-replace to rename an a in any context, you will guaranteed also change ones that you don't want to change

skiwi

@JeroenVannevel Ah, I don't play it anymore

Legato

18:32

I see your meaning, it just isn't a problem I've had. There are plenty of posts on giving things more meaningful names than just "a". Cool to know that an IDE would overcome that limitation though.

@skiwi But you play Hearthstone, eh?

skiwi

@Legato Yep

Legato

We should play sometime!

Game is crazy/silly/random, occasionally infuriating, but certainly fun.

What do you play?

skiwi

Usually Mage in ranked... but I'm playing arena way more

Legato

I've actually been trying to pick between playing mage, priest, warrior, or rogue lately.

My favorite is paladin, but I reached golden a little while ago.

skiwi

That's quite some games then

So since the new adventure was announced a few days ago, I decided it's time to finish my Naxxramas adventure... I purchased it months ago, but have barely played it

(I only unlocked the first wing so far LOL)

Legato

18:40

Yeah, I tried to save up gold to buy all the wings.

I don't think buying them with gold was worth it though.

Now you know why I'm so interested/excited about your project. I'm working bit by bit to get to the point where I can make something similar.

skiwi

I figured with doing this adventure I could test HearthMonitor and see if it doesn't break down now :D

Legato

Haha, I still love that name.

Hope you get what you're looking for.

Captain Obvious

0

Q: Should I copy paste engine's code in Spree (Rails) if I'm going to modify a lot?

I'm starting a new app with Spree and I'm going to heavily modify it. It seems impractical to go to source every time I need to change something. Should I just copy paste contents of spree/front_end engine to my app or something else?

ruby ruby-on-rails

Legato

@skiwi What's your battletag?

skiwi

@Legato Let me look it up

skiwi#2872

Legato

18:58

Friend Request Sent.

skiwi

I don't see it yet, will accept once it shows up

Legato

@skiwi Sent again.

If it's easier, I'm Legato#1322

skiwi

@Legato Sent, maybe that works better then

Legato

Weird, I don't get anything either. Hm...which region are you in?

skiwi

EU

Legato

19:08

Ah, maybe that's it, I'm in the US.

Lame.

Dan Pantry

19:36

allo

Hosch250

Hi

Legato

Hiya.

Captain Obvious

0

Q: Basic C++ tone generator

I'm trying to learn C++ (with experience in C and Java, inter alia). I wrote a program to output a waveform of multiple (superimposed) tones, each varying in pitch. To execute: Compilation: g++ -W -Wall -pedantic -std=c++11 main.cpp Tone.cpp Running: ./a.out Playing: aplay out -r 44100 -f S16_...

c++ beginner c++11

0

Q: Finding the first non repeated character

Challenge: Write a program which finds the first non-repeated character in a string. Specifications: The first argument is a path to a file. The file contains strings, one per line. Print out the first non-repeated character of each string. Solution: import java.io.File; import j...

java programming-challenge unit-testing

Jamal

19:59

Congrats on 10k, @mjolka!

5

Captain Obvious

0

Q: Simple Java MIDI player followup

This is my second iteration of a simple Java MIDI player. I've made several amendments and would like to see if the code is now correctly implemented and readable. This follows on from the first review. With regards to the GUI class, is it a good idea to have musicInfo = midi.musicInfo in the GU...

java oop design-patterns swing audio

0

Q: Correcting a quiz, coffee

I wrote this code that's supposed to correct quizzes on a webpage, but it feels bloated and I'm sure there's tons of ways to improve it. Any thoughts? $ -> #When submit_quiz div is clicked, do the following $(document).on "click", "#submit_quiz", (e) -> #Gets the quiz id for later use ...

javascript coffeescript

Dan Pantry

20:17

solving a problem i would not have been able to solve about 6 months ago

all because i learned wtf encapsulation was in javascript

=.="

Dan Pantry

20:30

gah, I hate binary math

bitwise math,, w/e it is

Tell you what though, I'm glad i'm doing this in coffeescript, I can't imagine how wordy it would get with JS

binary = require 'binary'

header = (chunk) ->
  binary.parse chunk
    .tap varint32('opcode')

# parse a variadic length integer from the header
# the integer can be a maximum of 32 bits
varint32 = (name) ->
  return ->
    # read bytes until we find a byte that does not have msb set
    this.into 'varint-cache', ->
      byteNumber = 0
      this.loop (end, vars) ->
        currentByteName = 'byte-'+byteNumber
        byteNumber += 1
        this.word8 currentByteName
          .tap (vars) ->

Captain Obvious

1

Q: Unit Tests for a Fraction Class

As my first Java homework, I wrote a class to handle fractions. This Fraction class implements basic operations for the fractions (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division) and follows this interface: interface Fraction { public int getNumerator(); public int getDenominator(); ...

java unit-testing homework rational-numbers junit

Jeroen Vannevel

@CaptainObvious soon: fractions

rolfl

20:49

I don't like being lied to:

Fraction is an interface, not a class, yet you have new Fraction(....) calls throughout your tests. Additionally, the Fraction interface has methods getNumerator and getDenominator, but your tests call getNumerador and getDenominador. Your question is poorly put together and is misleading. — rolfl ♦ 1 min ago

> Even though it works, I wasn't very pleased with the final result.

Captain Obvious

0

Q: Calculating solutions for the game "24"

I was bored this evening and decided to create a program which calculates all the solutions for a given scenario of the game "24". The goal of this game is that you try to be the first one to find the answer to a certain card. On the card are four numbers ranging from 1 to 9. The player is allow...

c# loop cyclomatic-complexity

rolfl

This one, though, is a goodie:

First of all, thank you very much that really helped. Also sorry for the typo I will just change it right now, I meant to say "it is NOT doing the job perfectly". — newmudhar yesterday

Legato

21:15

Legendary.

mjolka

thanks @Jamal :)

Legato

Congrats @mjolka :)

mjolka

thanks @Legato :)

Phrancis

Anyone interested in a really neat talk about numbers and mathematics: TED Radio Hour: Solve For X

(also, monkernoon!)

Dan Pantry

21:49

There are a lot of things that are fun

binary = require 'binary'
_ = require 'lodash'

unwrap = (buffer) ->
  binary.parse buffer
    .tap header
    .vars

# Parse a header.
header = (buffer) ->
  this.into 'header', (vars) ->
    this.tap varint32('length', buffer)
      .tap varint32('opcode', buffer)
      .tap (vars) ->
        # flatten the resulting structure by turning
        # { length: { value: A, size: B }, opcode: { value: C, size: D }}
        # into { length: A, value: C, size: B+D }
        # there is definitely a better way to do this using _.

this was not one of them

Captain Obvious

22:01

0

Q: Guess the number game - improving the game ending on running out of available guesses

Consider this function for a handler of user input in the "guess the number" game. def input_guess(guess): global guess_counter global secret_number guess = int(guess) if guess_counter > 0: print "Guess was:", guess if guess > secret_number: print "L...

python number-guessing-game

Hosch250

22:11

I see JavaDeveloper has been pointed to the chatroom.

Does he even know about the JDQ meme?

Legato

22:21

I don't think I know what you're talking about.

Hosch250

JDQ stands for Java Developer Question.

It is based on the fact that JavaDeveloper is the only one to have the Socratic badge.

I don't even know what it means myself.

12

A: What's a Zombie? And what are the many other memes of Code Review?

Meme: JDQ Originator: rolfl Cultural Height: The 2nd Monitor Background: JavaDeveloper is the user who has posted the most questions on Code Review. A JDQ is of course, a JavaDeveloper Question. JavaDeveloper is the first one, and currently the only one, who have received the newly invented So...

Legato

Here I was thinking I post a lot of questions.

I really like this too!

I'm actually stuck, on the one hand I want to study it, on the other I want to try solving it myself, hehe.

Favorited.

Maybe I should try some more Project Euler stuff.

I'm surprised codereview.stackexchange.com/questions/83477/once-more-with-fx got so little attention. Cumulative result of a lot of learning mostly beget from using CR.

nhgrif

Still only three votes, one way or the other:

3

A: Should comparisons of code snippets be closed as "not seeking a code review"?

While I don't think we should completely remove comparative-review, I do think it might be a good idea to considerably narrow the scope on what's allowed under this tag. Comparative reviews should be written in the same language. While it's not impossible to be sitting on the fence about whic...

@Legato This was only posted 10 hours ago and it's a bit of code.

Socratic method

Socratic method , also known as method of elenchus, elenctic method, or Socratic debate, is named after the classical Greek philosopher Socrates. It is a form of inquiry and discussion between individuals, based on asking and answering questions to stimulate critical thinking and to illuminate ideas. It is a dialectical method, often involving a discussion in which the defense of one point of view is questioned; one participant may lead another to contradict themself in some way, thus strengthening the inquirer's own point. The Socratic method is a method of hypothesis elimination, in that better...

Hosch250

@nhgrif Yeah, I'm studying philosophy now.

Legato

Upvoted.

Hosch250

22:31

I mean, I don't know what the JDQ meme really means.

nhgrif

He was regularly posting a ton of questions.

Legato

It just means it's one of his questions...I don't see what's confusing.

It's funny because I wanted to do just that

I actually was about to ask you @nhgrif if you really think it would be appropriate to post two different questions for some 'comparative' situations.

nhgrif

Depends, but sometimes yes, I think that'd be the best course of action.

Legato

[addicted-to-cr] fits so much for me.

I remember falling in love with Programming as a vocation. I felt a juvenile version of the same when I found CR.

I want to celebrate the fact this site is a thing.

So, out of curiosity, what are you guys up to?

Dan Pantry

Just got back for a walk, throwing a spike out of networking code while trying to work out how 'I'm going to do it

Legato

22:42

Insert coffee into Dan.

Dan Pantry

ha

Legato

Reminds me of this:

Dan Pantry

I want that shirt

Legato

Me too.

Unfortunately, this is the closest I find on Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/Coffee-T-shirt-Programmer-Shirt-Medium/dp/B00KJO1U7E/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1425768234&sr=8-7&keywords=programmer+shirt

private void sad();

Dan Pantry

redbubble.com/shop/programmer+t-shirts

semi related

Legato

22:47

I somewhat like the code is poetry one, I get that feeling a lot. The rest, meh.

Dan Pantry

http://www.redbubble.com/people/buso/works/11472026-compiling?grid_pos=99&p=t-shirt&ref=shop_grid

idk i like this one

(even as a JS developer)

Legato

I like that as a comic, wouldn't wear as a shirt.

Dan Pantry

a lot of these things I would not wear as a shirt

but I'm single and I don't see that changing, so fuck it, might as well wear lame puns on a shirt

http://www.redbubble.com/people/theshirtyurt/works/12602574-hip-hip-hooray-programming-array?grid_pos=334&p=t-shirt&ref=shop_grid

wow.

that one took me a few seconds.

Legato

lol.

Captain Obvious

0

Q: Ruby webserver improvements

I am building a web app in ruby but without rails. So far i just have a very basic web server. What improvements can i make to it? require 'socket' require 'uri' # Files will be served from this directory WEB_ROOT = './public' # Map extensions to their content type CONTENT_TYPE_MAPPING = { '...

ruby server

Legato

22:53

I'd wear that as an arm band.

nhgrif

@Legato Method names should be verbs or verb-phrases. They should describe an action... generally speaking...

this.setMood(sad); <--- better

Legato

Legato.setMood(Feeling.SAD) Happy :p ?

nhgrif

yup

4

A: Should comparisons of code snippets be closed as "not seeking a code review"?

While I don't think we should completely remove comparative-review, I do think it might be a good idea to considerably narrow the scope on what's allowed under this tag. Comparative reviews should be written in the same language. While it's not impossible to be sitting on the fence about whic...

I significantly expanded my answer.

Legato

Also, thanks for that. I'll actually bear it in mind.

Dan Pantry

unless you're in javascript where method names are commonly anything

:^)

nhgrif

23:00

It's not strictly applicable to every language.

Dan Pantry

it will be soon, es6 allows us to have properties

nhgrif

For example, in Objective-C, setters are:

setProperty:

while getters are just:

property

Dan Pantry

in JS right now we can have

property = ... and property as setter/getter

but it's not a nice thing to set up :(

nhgrif

But... as of iOS 8, everything that was setter-getter like that got converted to a true property with dot notation.

The other exception is factory methods.

For example...

[NSString stringWithFormat:@"Hello, %@", userName];

Dan Pantry

that looks... interesting

nhgrif

23:02

But that's the only exception really.

It's Objective-C.

That's what Objective-C looks like.

Dan Pantry

I know WHAT language it i

is

Hosch250

In C#, we just do var x { get; set; }

Dan Pantry

It's just an interesting way of laying things out.

no, we don't, because you can't implicitly type a variable @Hosch250 ;-)

Hosch250

We might need to specify the type, instead of var when we do it this way.

Dan Pantry

@nhgrif Am I to assume that stringWithFormat is being sent @"Hello, %s" and userName?

Hosch250

23:04

I just specify the type to prevent errors and to help me learn how the things are made up.

nhgrif

uhm, yes...

It works just like printf() in any C-based language.

Dan Pantry

@nhgrif hm, it's a bit like ruby/coffeescript then, but with : and []

nhgrif

Java: System.out.printf("Hello, %s", userName);

Dan Pantry

I odn't understand the decision behind the square brackets, though.

as in, why are they used

(I dont know Obj-C so I'm asking from a completely noob standpoint here)

nhgrif

I will show you... hang on...

- (void)takeArg1:(NSString *)s1 arg2:(NSString *)s2 arg3:(NSString *)s3 {
    NSLog(@"\nArg1: %@\nArg2: %@\nArg3: %@\n\n", s1, s2, s3);
}

Method definition

calling method:

[self takeArg1:@"ABC" arg2:@"123" arg3:@"XYZ"];

Dan Pantry

23:08

that seems awfully convoluted

Legato

I think Swift attempts to make it less so.

But I'm not too familiar with either.

nhgrif

Sort of. Swift still has named arguments though.

Jeroen Vannevel

Obj-C syntax is just mashing on buttons and enclosing it in brackets

nhgrif

Technically, the "arg2" and "arg3" parts are optional. You could just write:

- (void)takeArgs:(NSString *)s1 :(NSString *)s2 :(NSString *)s3 { //...

And call it like:

[self takeArgs:stringVar1 :stringVar2 :stringVar3];

But you'd never pass any code review I wrote. That's terrible.

Dan Pantry

lol

nhgrif

23:12

But the named arguments actually makes the code significantly more readable.

There is no method overloading in Objective-C.

In Swift, the same method declaration would look like this:

func takeArgs(arg1 s1: String, arg2 s2: String, arg3 s3: String) { //...

and would be called as such:

self.takeArgs(arg1:someVar1, arg2:someVar2, arg3:someVar3)

Motoko Kusanagi

I'm wondering why my post is getting votes, but no responses. Is BrainF*** really that esoteric?

Hosch250

VS tip - Select a section of code and dragging it to another spot while holding the CTRL key down duplicates it.

nhgrif

> Is BrainF*** really that esoteric?

absolutely.

3

Hosch250

Great for duplicating text that can't be DRY.

nhgrif

My tip to Microsoft for Visual Studio (and maybe some of the newer versions have this): symbolic breakpoints.

Hosch250

23:18

I don't know, what are those anyway?

I'm running the latest "solid" release.

nhgrif

Where it says "Symbol", I can type a method name.

Well, a class and method name.

And the debugger will break on any instance of that method being called.

On any object of that class or any of its subclasses.

Hosch250

Check this:

CTRL-B for me.

nhgrif

That doesn't work the same.

Dan Pantry

They aren't the same

nhgrif

I've tried that.

Dan Pantry

23:20

Your version only works at a certain line and character in one function

Hosch250

OK, I just stick a break point on the first brace.

Dan Pantry

@nhgrifs works on the invocation of any function and in any subclasses

Hosch250

Any time the method gets call, the break point is hit, so...

nhgrif

Right.

Read what Dan just wrote.

Dan Pantry

That only works if you have no children

if your class has descendants and you don't call super() when you override the method, the benefit is lost

nhgrif

23:21

Consider that the base class for any form is the Form class, right?

Hosch250

Oh, so abstracted classes won't work like that?

Dan Pantry

Also @nhgrif can set conditions.

nhgrif

And the form has a Load event or whatever

Hosch250

I don't know, I don't use WinForms.

Dan Pantry

Whilst there are conditional breakpoints in VS it isn't quite as powerful :P

nhgrif

23:22

In .NET, you can't set a break point on the form's Load event.

Hosch250

OK, I'm all for new features, as long as they work.

nhgrif

Because you don't have the base class's code actually.

Dan Pantry

^

That's another thing I didn't think of

To do a breakpoint in VS you need the source code

Hosch250

Yeah, I see. Cool.

They just released a beta version, why don't you install it and leave feedback?

They might implement it.

nhgrif

And while I don't have UIViewController's source code, I can set a breakpoint on -[UIViewController viewDidLoad], and any time any of my UIViewController subclasses call viewDidLoad, whether they implement it and don't call super, implement it and do call super, or don't implement it at all, I get a break.

Hosch250

23:23

Cool.

Dan Pantry

Something tells me that @nhgrif is on a mac and can't run vs

(or maybe not?)

nhgrif

I'm on a Mac at home.

Hosch250

He develops for .NET at work.

Dan Pantry

ah

nhgrif

I don't really have time at work to play around with beta versions.

Dan Pantry

23:24

isn't WINE a thing on Mac?

Hosch250

But, you can dual-boot Windows with Bootcamp or something.

nhgrif

I'm not doing that.

Dan Pantry

It's a lot of work to go through just to test out a piece of software I'll admit

Hosch250

Do Macs have virtualization?

nhgrif

Anyway, I wanted to debug something at work.... but it involved finding everywhere that set the cursor or something....

So we were stuck with Ctrl+F.

Xcode? Symbolic breakpoint.

I can also add "OpenGL ES Error" breakpoints, and "Test Failure" breakpoints, whatever those are

plus of course, a generic any exception breakpoint, but VS does this too

Corbin

23:27

i wonder if it's actually even possible to do that in C++... it would require quite a bit of information that's just not available in C++ at runtime

nhgrif

But beyond just conditional breakpoints, I can also action breakpoints...

Corbin

i suppose enough meta information could always be added to debug builds... it's an interesting thought

nhgrif

So maybe I don't want the code to stop executing, but instead I just want to print to console every time a particular breakpoint is triggered? I set up a breakpoint, add an action to it, and checkmark "automatically continue after evaluating actions"

Twiggy

I have a question about posting a question. Is it ok to post a link to my GitHub repo and just ask for a general review of my entire game code?

nhgrif

No.

Twiggy

23:28

ok thanks

nhgrif

You can link to your github, but this is done for context.

Any code you want reviewed must be embedded in the post.

Links rot, githubs change, etc.

Twiggy

good point

Do you know where I could post a link to get a review of my entire code?

Motoko Kusanagi

Thanks for the review

Legato

Just post all the parts of your game.

nhgrif

If you post all the parts of your game, the reviews probably won't be that great.

Twiggy

23:30

So just make a bunch of posts at the same time? Isn't that a bit like spamming?

Legato

Depends on how big said game is.

nhgrif

Large chunks of code posted in questions tend to get big picture, broadstrokes, unfocused reviews.

Motoko Kusanagi

I think that's a relative restriction.

Hosch250

Post sections at a time first to get focused reviews.

Legato

You can make several posts concerning the optimization of specific things.

They're just easier to review.

Hosch250

23:31

Then, post a lot of code at once to get reviews on how you put it all together.

nhgrif

@Twiggy Post the section you have the most concerns about and get some feedback. Implement the feedback and perhaps also apply it to sections you didn't post.

Hosch250

That is what I've found works.

nhgrif

Then post another section of code.

Legato

But I think it can be helpful to post it all, if it's interesting people will be likely to review, but again that's still dependent on the size of your project. My presumption is that it isn't that large since you're asking this question.

Motoko Kusanagi

IDK big edits like that tend to get rolled back

nhgrif

23:32

Who said anything about editing?

Legato

^

Hosch250

New question.

Twiggy

It's sizeable.

Motoko Kusanagi

> Post sections at a time first to get focused reviews.

> Then, post a lot of code at once to get reviews on how you put it all together.

Legato

@Twiggy How many files?

Hosch250

23:33

Also, this gets you more rep (if you are into rep).

Legato

Actually, just post your github here.

nhgrif

By the way, in case you guys weren't completely sold on Xcode's debugging power...

Twiggy

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nhgrif

Twiggy

ok

Legato

23:34

<-- ignorant of Xcode.

nhgrif

Legato

I see, yeah, I wouldn't post it all in that case.

Motoko Kusanagi

ooh pretty

nhgrif

I get live feedback on CPU usage, memory usage, Disk IO, Network IO straight through Xcode... that doesn't even mention all the power of the Instruments app

Legato

Try to pick specific parts then. Start with things you feel could be improved.

Then what is 'smelly'

Hosch250

23:35

Cool.

Legato

You can post 2-4 files if they're closely related.

Hosch250

I don't use 1/10 of the power of VS.

I basically type my code out and compile it.

Twiggy

ok i'll pick out a few parts and post them. Thanks for the help guys and gals!

Legato

It's been my pleasure.

nhgrif

@Corbin You can write C++ in Xcode. I don't know it well enough to truly test a symbolic breakpoint in C++. I know that symbolic breakpoints in Swift don't work out as well as they do in Objective-C (but they still work).

Corbin

23:37

@nhgrif I'd be pretty surprised if they work in C++. It's certainly possible, but the overhead of packing all of that information into a debug build and then acting on it would be quite high. I'd imagine it's quite a bit easier in ObjC when reflection/introspection capabilities are already there.

nhgrif

Actually... I pretty sure you can do symbolic C++ breakpoints, because I'm pretty sure I set some symbolic C breakpoints while I was developing my SQL code... and if it works for C, I imagine it should for C++ as well.

And it works for regular functions in ObjC, not just methods.

Captain Obvious

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Q: How to sort movie with title and year ? (algorithm)

I want to sort "movie search results" to get most probable movie that match "search". Input example : CARS.2.2011.720P.AC3.mkv I have a "NameMatcher" class which extract "title" and "year" from file name. Search string : cars 2 Search year : 2011 Results come from many websites like tmdb, ...

java algorithm sorting

Hosch250

One thing I hate about VS is that it locks up when I add folders to my solution through the Solution Explorer.

Corbin

interesting. i guess that makes sense since the function names are already in debug builds anyway. i wonder if it works with polymorhism.

Legato

@CaptainObvious his code works, but what he's asking for is OT.

Hosch250

23:53

He is asking for an improvement on his existing sort.

AFAIS.

He doesn't care if it is algorithmic suggestions or other suggestions.

Legato

Well, that title could stand to be better.

Hosch250

Yes.

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