For loops and functional programming
I feel like this was probably obvious to everyone except me, but I just realised that the functional programmer's aversion to the for loop »
Idempotence, REST and Caching
What is Idempotence and 'safety'? Idempotence means the result will never be changed, you can keep calling the method, but the response you get »
Programming and Curiosity
I came across a quote recently from the well known book 'Code Complete' by Steve McConnell which I really liked (emphasis my own): > »
Boolean comparisons
Ever wondered why people code boolean checks in if statements differently? Example 1 This is the kind of code that fails silently because true will always »
Why 0xCAFEBABE?
I'm guessing I'll get asked this question a fair number of times and that there'll be confusion around why I »