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40 Questions

What is a" feature envy" code and why is it considered a code smell?

Good idea to put bug numbers in a comment in the beginning of the source file? [closed]

What is the principle of least astonishment?

What does it mean by atomic commit for a versioning system?

What can go wrong if the Liskov substitution principle is violated?

Why is test driven development missing from Joel's Test?

Is there a modern replacement for a mutation testing tool like Jester for Java?

What makes JVM so much versatile to support so many JVM languages?

How does strengthening of preconditions and weakening of postconditions violate Liskov substitution principle?

What does it mean by expected running time and average running time of an algorithm?

Please explain the statement that the function an+b belongs to O(n^2) and Θ(n)?

Should java developers know about garbage collection algorithms? [closed]

What is Continous Integration (CI) and how is it useful? [closed]

Conceptually what does it mean when it is said that each thread gets its own stack?

What are the pros and cons of Inter process communication done via sockets vs shared memory?

Why is semantic markup given more weight for search engines?

Conceptual difference between Git and GitHub

What does it mean when we say that some function is polynomially bigger/smaller than some other function?

Understanding comparison using Big O notation

How does a browser determine that a script has run for too long? [closed]

Why is an interface in Java not allowed to have state?

Explanation of Object-parameter-coupling as mentioned in Code Complete book

What does the "4" in LCOM4 mean?

Why sequential cohesion for operations in a method is not a good idea?

Strategies for using a code metric evaluation tool

What is meant by 4 GL?

What does cheap copying/branching mean for a versioning system like SVN?

Why does the code auditing tools like FindBugs require a compile step to work properly?

Explanation of satellite data from a programmer's perspective

What is meant by namespaced content and what advantages does it have?