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Overload Journal #127 - June 2015 and Programming Topics
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Meet the Social Side of Your Codebase

Martin Moene

06 June 2015 10:23:57 +01:00

Programming requires collaboration. Adam Tornhill suggests some ways to uncover communication paths in your organisation.

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Mocks are Bad, Layers are Bad

Martin Moene

05 June 2015 10:26:09 +01:00

Many people use mocks in their unit tests. Andy Balaam asks if there’s a better way.

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Non-Superfluous People: Architects

Martin Moene

04 June 2015 10:28:31 +01:00

No developer is an island. Sergey Ignatchenko continues his series of non-superfluous people by looking at the role of architects.

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Terse Exception Messages

Martin Moene

03 June 2015 10:30:02 +01:00

Log files often contain ‘error’ information. Chris Oldwood suggests they rarely contain anything that could be considered helpful.

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Get Debugging Better!

Martin Moene

02 June 2015 10:31:04 +01:00

The GNU debugger has several useful features you may not know. Jonathan Wakely shows us how to save time and pain with some simple tricks.

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Make and Forward Consultables and Delegates

Martin Moene

01 June 2015 10:32:45 +01:00

Sometimes forwarding to a contained object requires lots of boilerplate code. Nicolas Bouillot introduces consultables and delegates to automate this.