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On the Other Side of the Barricade: Job Interviewer Do’s and Don’ts
Martin Moene
04 December 2013 19:13:21 +00:00
Interviewing is an important skill which is hard to get right. Sergey Ignatchenko gives advice to get you thinking.
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How to Program Your Way Out of a Paper Bag Using Genetic Algorithms
Martin Moene
03 December 2013 19:06:18 +00:00
It is often claimed people cannot program their way out of a paper bag. Frances Buontempo bucks the trend using genetic algorithms.
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Object-Environment Collision Detection using Onion BSPs
Martin Moene
02 December 2013 19:16:11 +00:00
Previously we considered 3D navigation. Stuart Golodetz demonstrates how to detect collisions using onion binary space partitioning.
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Migrating from Visual SourceSafe to Git
Martin Moene
01 December 2013 19:35:01 +00:00
Migrating from one version control system to another is a big change. Chris Oldwood records the trials and triumphs of migrating from VSS to git.
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Editorial: Decisions, Decisions
Martin Moene
08 October 2013 22:28:30 +01:00
Providing precise definitions can be difficult. For example, what is a program?
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Code as a Crime Scene
Martin Moene
07 October 2013 20:01:31 +01:00
Forensic techniques can predict possible future crimes. Adam Tornhill shows how they can be applied to code.
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Lies, Damn Lies and Estimates
Martin Moene
06 October 2013 20:08:23 +01:00
Predicting how long something will take is hard. Seb Rose takes us on a brief tour through the swamp that is estimation.
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YAGNI-C as a Practical Application of YAGNI
Martin Moene
05 October 2013 20:36:01 +01:00
YAGNI can seem vague. Sergey Ignatchenko offers a more precise definition.
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Has the Singleton Not Suffered Enough
Martin Moene
04 October 2013 22:46:58 +01:00
Singletons are much maligned. Omar Bashir considers why.
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Automatic Navigation Mesh Generation in Configuration Space
Martin Moene
03 October 2013 08:55:56 +01:00
Walkable 3D environments can be automatically navigated. Stuart Golodetz demonstrates how navigation meshes achieve this.
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C++ Range and Elevation
Martin Moene
02 October 2013 22:38:59 +01:00
C++ provides many features for higher-level programming, but lacks some common ones present in other languages.
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Editorial: Learning Fantasy Languages
Martin Moene
06 August 2013 19:55:41 +01:00
The last Overload editorial described a Fantasy Language. Now, how do you learn one?
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Hard Upper Limit on Memory Latency
Martin Moene
05 August 2013 19:53:37 +01:00
Achieving very low latency is important. Sergey Ignatchenko asks how low can we go.
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Simple Instrumentation
Martin Moene
04 August 2013 19:47:59 +01:00
Programs often run out of memory or grind to a halt. Chris Oldwood demonstrates how to add instrumentation to your code to track its performance.
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Portable String Literals in C++
Martin Moene
03 August 2013 18:11:08 +01:00
How hard can it be to make a file in C++ with international text literals in its name? Alf Steinbach shows us.
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Dynamic C++ (Part 2)
Martin Moene
02 August 2013 18:04:56 +01:00
Previously we saw how to use some simple dynamic features in C++. Alex Fabijanic and Richard Saunders explore more powerful dynamic tools.
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Auto – a necessary evil? (Part 2)
Martin Moene
01 August 2013 18:01:13 +01:00
Should you declare (almost) everything auto? Roger Orr considers when auto is appropriate.
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Executable Documentation Doesn’t Have To Slow You Down [Test-HTML-2]
Martin Moene
10 July 2013 11:42:46 +01:00
Comprehensibility of end-to-end scenarios and quick feedback of unit tests are competing goals. Seb Rose introduces Cucumber with tags to meet both needs. [Hand edited from Test-HTML-1. Last changed: 10 July 2013, Martin Moene]
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Sample Overload Article (title)
Martin Moene
10 July 2013 09:28:33 +01:00
[Byline] This is a sample to see all the styles an Overload article may have as a webpage. Changed: 15, 4, 3 January 2014, 10 July 2013, Martin Moene
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Executable Documentation Doesn’t Have To Slow You Down [Test-XML-1]
Martin Moene
07 July 2013 21:42:36 +01:00
Comprehensibility of end-to-end scenarios and quick feedback of unit tests are competing goals. Seb Rose introduces Cucumber with tags to meet both needs. [Generated from XML by Martin Moene; old XSL, apparently not matching current XML.]