Programming Mistakes To Avoid 394
snydeq writes "InfoWorld's Peter Wayner outlines some of the most common programming mistakes and how to avoid them. 'Certain programming practices send the majority of developers reaching for their hair upon opening a file that has been exhibiting too much "character." Spend some time in a bar near any tech company, and you'll hear the howls: Why did the programmer use that antiquated structure? Where was the mechanism for defending against attacks from the Web? Wasn't any thought given to what a noob would do with the program?' Wayner writes. From playing it fast and loose, to delegating too much to frameworks, to relying too heavily on magic boxes, to overdetermining the user experience — each programming pitfall is accompanied by its opposing pair, lending further proof that 'programming may in fact be transforming into an art, one that requires a skilled hand and a creative mind to achieve a happy medium between problematic extremes.'"
What common mistakes do you frequently have to deal with?
Programming Mistakes To Avoid... (Score:3, Funny)
...just try to avoid errors and you should be set.
Programming Mistakes To Avoid (Score:5, Funny)
2) Perl
3) Silver bullets
3) Writing your own "framework".
4) Using somebody else's "framework".
GOTO... (Score:4, Funny)
Is it indecent of me to reminisce on the days of olde when such a topic would simply turn into a lengthy discussion mocking BASIC programmers?
Re:Mistakes? (Score:5, Funny)
I very rarely see programming mistakes.
Neither do the bad programmers!
Re:"Common" mistakes (Score:5, Funny)
Two Major Mistakes (Score:5, Funny)
My two most common mistakes:
Re:Programming Mistakes To Avoid... (Score:4, Funny)
...just try to avoid errors and you should be set.
But Warnings are ok. Just no errors. Warnings still compile.