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peter_hilton

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About peter_hilton

Freelance software developer, writer, public speaker, and amateur musician. Product developer at Effektif.

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    Comment #9616850

    > "text_correction_by_editor" might convey a lot more info then "edit" In the talk I explain that this is a real example, from software for a publishing company in the Netherlands.…

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    Comment #9616840

    > my worst habit it just trying to use words with the same number of characters for different variables so they align Yes, you have worse problems than ambiguous abbreviations :) T…

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    Comment #9616835

    > the advice either has little value or doesn't really apply to programming When I give this talk, I make this clear. I agree. The point is that there's a lot more good advice from…

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    Comment #9616821

    > An important rule is missing here: variables should be named with their scope in mind True, but I have plenty of slides in my presentation without adding more :) The 'small scope…

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    Comment #9616808

    What’s not on the slide, but which I say during the talk, is that I’m making an analogy here between ‘Don’t use passive voice’ (English) and ‘use noun phrases for class names’ (obj…

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