Programming Flaw: Constructor That Does Real Work

http://misko.hevery.com/code-reviewers-guide/flaw-constructor-does-real-work/ This blog post talks about why having a constructor do too much work is a bad programming practice. When a constructor instantiates and initializes its collaborators, the result is often inflexible and can shut off the ability to inject test collaborators. The author gives a few reasons why this is a flaw: It violates […]

Writing Clean, High Quality Code

https://www.butterfly.com.au/blog/website-development/clean-high-quality-code-a-guide-on-how-to-become-a-better-programmer This blog discusses various techniques that can be used to make your code cleaner and easier to understand. Writing high quality code is very important for software that is updated over time, and the following tips will help improve your code readability and quality. Variable and Method Names Use names that reveal the intention […]

Common Code Smells

https://8thlight.com/blog/georgina-mcfadyen/2017/01/19/common-code-smells.html This blog describes some of the most common code smells. A code smell is “a surface indication that usually corresponds to a deeper problem in the system.” Being able to catch code smells early will make it easier to refactor into code that is more extendable, readable, and supportable. Long Methods Having long methods […]

10 Object Oriented Design Principles

http://javarevisited.blogspot.com/2012/03/10-object-oriented-design-principles.html For my blog post this week I chose another topic on the concept map that I thought looked interesting: design principles. These are helpful guidelines to follow that will make your code cleaner and more modular. This blog post describes 10 design principles that are useful in object oriented programming. DRY (Don’t Repeat Yourself) – […]

9 Anti-Patterns You Should Be Aware Of

http://sahandsaba.com/nine-anti-patterns-every-programmer-should-be-aware-of-with-examples.html This blog post covers 9 anti-patterns that are common in software development. Premature Optimization – Optimizing before you have enough information to make conclusions about where and how to do the optimization. This is bad because it is hard to know exactly what the bottleneck will be before you have empirical data. Bikeshedding – […]

Lesser–Known Java Syntaxes

https://blog.joegreen.pl/lesser-known-java-syntaxes.html Today I stumbled across an interesting little blog post on lesser-known Java syntax. The author gives examples of code that doesn’t look like it would compile, but is surprisingly still legal syntax. For example, a two-dimensional array is usually declared like this: int[][] arrayOfIntArrays; However, since the brackets can be placed after either the […]

Builder Pattern

http://marxsoftware.blogspot.com/2013/10/too-many-parameters-in-java-3-builder-pattern.html This blog post details a way to reduce the number of parameters required for a constructor: the builder design pattern. In this pattern an object called a builder receives each parameter step by step and returns the resulting constructed object at once. This blog post explains the pattern by using detailed code examples. First […]

CS 343 Blog – 10 Java Coding Tips – 10/2/17

http://blog.stoneriverelearning.com/10-java-coding-tips-every-programmer-should-know/ This blog details 10 tips aimed at beginning Java programmers. Get the basics right – Learning Java can be frustrating if you try to learn too many things in too little time. It is better to have a solid understanding of the basics before you try more advanced techniques Don’t just read – The […]

CS 343 Blog – New Theory on Deep Learning – 9/25/17

https://www.quantamagazine.org/new-theory-cracks-open-the-black-box-of-deep-learning-20170921/ This article from Quanta Magazine details a new theory on how the artificial intelligence algorithms behind deep neural networks are so successful. The theory, presented by computer scientist and neuroscientist Naftali Tishby, argues that deep neural networks learn by a procedure called information bottleneck. The theory states that a network gets rid of extraneous […]

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