Questions tagged [code-sample]
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Asking for a code sample of the company at an interview
Asking a job seeker to show some code is a fairly common practice for a software company. However, would it be acceptable for the candidate to ask the interviewer to show him a small piece of code that he thinks is well written?
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When applying for an entry level programming position, how do I include my coding examples?
I will soon begin the process of applying for entry level programming positions. As of now I have no professional coding experience, so all I have to show is some personal projects and code samples to show what I am capable of. How do I present such…
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What if you don't have code samples to give a prospective employer?
What do you do when you don't have any good code samples available when asked by a prospective employer? I like to consider myself a fairly capable developer but I can't share any of the software I've been writing for my company the last few…
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What to send when a client wants a sample of my code to test my qualities?
We've all faced this. You apply to a cool project and they ask you to send them a piece of your code. On the surface, this look OK and I am fine with it.
But what shall I send them? My cool utility? Snapshot of structure in complex project?…
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A place for putting code samples in projects
Every now and then I get or write some minimal code samples to achieve tasks. What's the usual practice for storing these samples (which could prove useful later on) ? Have a separate source folder or create a separate project ?
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Has anyone used "Design Pattern Framework (TM)"?
Has anyone purchased Design Pattern FrameworkTM?
Are these samples worth investment? Are they practical? What are the pro and cons of the guidelines? Anyone used this in the real-world development?
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Should usage examples in XML documentation be explicitly tested?
If usage examples are provided in XML documentation, should those examples be explicitly tested?
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/// Gets a collection of Foo objects.
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/// The model database connection.
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