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  • H Harvey Saayman

    Im very fussy when it comes to my code base, when i see things like the following it will ruin my day completely and p!$$ me off so badly I have to take a minute so that my head doesn't explode.

    Wrong
    public void someMethod(){
    //some code
    }

    Right
    public void someMethod()
    {
    //some code
    }

    Wrong
    if (someCondition)
    someMethod;

    Right
    if (someCondition)
    {
    someMethod();
    }

    Wrong
    public bool Selected
    {
    get{return selected;} set{selected = value;}
    }

    Right
    public bool Selected
    {
    get
    {
    return selected;
    }
    set
    {
    selected = value;
    }
    }

    What do you hate seeing in code?

    Harvey Saayman - South Africa Junior Developer .Net, C#, SQL

    you.suck = (you.passion != Programming)

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    blackjack2150
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    #2

    Harvey Saayman wrote:

    Wrong public void someMethod(){ //some code } Right public void someMethod() { //some code }

    You don't like the Java brackets style, yet you like the Java camel notation... I think it's a matter of taste. Neither of the 3 examples are catastrophic. For samples 2 & 3 I actually prefer the 'Wrong' approach, because I find it easier to read.

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    • H Harvey Saayman

      Im very fussy when it comes to my code base, when i see things like the following it will ruin my day completely and p!$$ me off so badly I have to take a minute so that my head doesn't explode.

      Wrong
      public void someMethod(){
      //some code
      }

      Right
      public void someMethod()
      {
      //some code
      }

      Wrong
      if (someCondition)
      someMethod;

      Right
      if (someCondition)
      {
      someMethod();
      }

      Wrong
      public bool Selected
      {
      get{return selected;} set{selected = value;}
      }

      Right
      public bool Selected
      {
      get
      {
      return selected;
      }
      set
      {
      selected = value;
      }
      }

      What do you hate seeing in code?

      Harvey Saayman - South Africa Junior Developer .Net, C#, SQL

      you.suck = (you.passion != Programming)

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      Tom Deketelaere
      wrote on last edited by
      #3

      Do while true

      Loop

      That's one of the things I hate to see, and an ex-co worker off mine use to use them everywhere Now every time I have to alter his code (wich has been limited to one programme now) I go crazy, fortunatly doesn't happen much anymore.

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      • H Harvey Saayman

        Im very fussy when it comes to my code base, when i see things like the following it will ruin my day completely and p!$$ me off so badly I have to take a minute so that my head doesn't explode.

        Wrong
        public void someMethod(){
        //some code
        }

        Right
        public void someMethod()
        {
        //some code
        }

        Wrong
        if (someCondition)
        someMethod;

        Right
        if (someCondition)
        {
        someMethod();
        }

        Wrong
        public bool Selected
        {
        get{return selected;} set{selected = value;}
        }

        Right
        public bool Selected
        {
        get
        {
        return selected;
        }
        set
        {
        selected = value;
        }
        }

        What do you hate seeing in code?

        Harvey Saayman - South Africa Junior Developer .Net, C#, SQL

        you.suck = (you.passion != Programming)

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        leppie
        wrote on last edited by
        #4

        For the property, I would accept the get and set on each own line, if the property setter/getter was only 1 line long. Eg:

        public bool Selected
        {
        get {return selected;}
        set {selected = value;}
        }

        xacc.ide - now with TabsToSpaces support
        IronScheme - 1.0 alpha 4a out now (29 May 2008)

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        • B blackjack2150

          Harvey Saayman wrote:

          Wrong public void someMethod(){ //some code } Right public void someMethod() { //some code }

          You don't like the Java brackets style, yet you like the Java camel notation... I think it's a matter of taste. Neither of the 3 examples are catastrophic. For samples 2 & 3 I actually prefer the 'Wrong' approach, because I find it easier to read.

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          Harvey Saayman
          wrote on last edited by
          #5

          blackjack2150 wrote:

          You don't like the Java brackets style, yet you like the Java camel notation...

          yeah, btw i didnt even know camel casting came from Java??

          blackjack2150 wrote:

          I think it's a matter of taste

          definitely a matter of taste, out of all 3 examples i HATE the java bracket style the most, i find it hard to read and irritating.

          Harvey Saayman - South Africa Junior Developer .Net, C#, SQL

          you.suck = (you.passion != Programming)

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          • L leppie

            For the property, I would accept the get and set on each own line, if the property setter/getter was only 1 line long. Eg:

            public bool Selected
            {
            get {return selected;}
            set {selected = value;}
            }

            xacc.ide - now with TabsToSpaces support
            IronScheme - 1.0 alpha 4a out now (29 May 2008)

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            Harvey Saayman
            wrote on last edited by
            #6

            ya i can handle that :) but ive seen even some articles here that have one line getter and setter like in my "wrong" example and it completely puts me off reading the rest of the article / code.

            Harvey Saayman - South Africa Junior Developer .Net, C#, SQL

            you.suck = (you.passion != Programming)

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            • H Harvey Saayman

              Im very fussy when it comes to my code base, when i see things like the following it will ruin my day completely and p!$$ me off so badly I have to take a minute so that my head doesn't explode.

              Wrong
              public void someMethod(){
              //some code
              }

              Right
              public void someMethod()
              {
              //some code
              }

              Wrong
              if (someCondition)
              someMethod;

              Right
              if (someCondition)
              {
              someMethod();
              }

              Wrong
              public bool Selected
              {
              get{return selected;} set{selected = value;}
              }

              Right
              public bool Selected
              {
              get
              {
              return selected;
              }
              set
              {
              selected = value;
              }
              }

              What do you hate seeing in code?

              Harvey Saayman - South Africa Junior Developer .Net, C#, SQL

              you.suck = (you.passion != Programming)

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              ed welch
              wrote on last edited by
              #7

              redundant code, for example: void SetValue(const int value);

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              • H Harvey Saayman

                Im very fussy when it comes to my code base, when i see things like the following it will ruin my day completely and p!$$ me off so badly I have to take a minute so that my head doesn't explode.

                Wrong
                public void someMethod(){
                //some code
                }

                Right
                public void someMethod()
                {
                //some code
                }

                Wrong
                if (someCondition)
                someMethod;

                Right
                if (someCondition)
                {
                someMethod();
                }

                Wrong
                public bool Selected
                {
                get{return selected;} set{selected = value;}
                }

                Right
                public bool Selected
                {
                get
                {
                return selected;
                }
                set
                {
                selected = value;
                }
                }

                What do you hate seeing in code?

                Harvey Saayman - South Africa Junior Developer .Net, C#, SQL

                you.suck = (you.passion != Programming)

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                eyeseetee
                wrote on last edited by
                #8

                1. Constantly declaring lots of local strings 2. Bad naming conventions i.e tbtestbox1, tbtextbox2 etc

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                • H Harvey Saayman

                  ya i can handle that :) but ive seen even some articles here that have one line getter and setter like in my "wrong" example and it completely puts me off reading the rest of the article / code.

                  Harvey Saayman - South Africa Junior Developer .Net, C#, SQL

                  you.suck = (you.passion != Programming)

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                  Jacquers
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #9

                  These days I prefer the automatic properties of c# 3 public string UserName { get; set; }

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                  • H Harvey Saayman

                    Im very fussy when it comes to my code base, when i see things like the following it will ruin my day completely and p!$$ me off so badly I have to take a minute so that my head doesn't explode.

                    Wrong
                    public void someMethod(){
                    //some code
                    }

                    Right
                    public void someMethod()
                    {
                    //some code
                    }

                    Wrong
                    if (someCondition)
                    someMethod;

                    Right
                    if (someCondition)
                    {
                    someMethod();
                    }

                    Wrong
                    public bool Selected
                    {
                    get{return selected;} set{selected = value;}
                    }

                    Right
                    public bool Selected
                    {
                    get
                    {
                    return selected;
                    }
                    set
                    {
                    selected = value;
                    }
                    }

                    What do you hate seeing in code?

                    Harvey Saayman - South Africa Junior Developer .Net, C#, SQL

                    you.suck = (you.passion != Programming)

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                    Nagy Vilmos
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #10

                    Style is very important. But within the context of a corporate development environment the actual style adopted is not important. What gets my goat[^] is when code is inconsistent. There are aspects of our code style where I work that I personally do not like, but I defend them. I feel I have to as it was arrived at by consensus. With thirty odd people working on my code base it is really easy to review code when it adheres to the agreed guideline. Without even reading the code you can /see/ if it is okay.


                    Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.

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                    • E ed welch

                      redundant code, for example: void SetValue(const int value);

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                      Harvey Saayman
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #11

                      amen to that... or how about

                      if (someBooleanValue == true)
                      {
                      //some code
                      }

                      Harvey Saayman - South Africa Junior Developer .Net, C#, SQL

                      you.suck = (you.passion != Programming)

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                      • H Harvey Saayman

                        Im very fussy when it comes to my code base, when i see things like the following it will ruin my day completely and p!$$ me off so badly I have to take a minute so that my head doesn't explode.

                        Wrong
                        public void someMethod(){
                        //some code
                        }

                        Right
                        public void someMethod()
                        {
                        //some code
                        }

                        Wrong
                        if (someCondition)
                        someMethod;

                        Right
                        if (someCondition)
                        {
                        someMethod();
                        }

                        Wrong
                        public bool Selected
                        {
                        get{return selected;} set{selected = value;}
                        }

                        Right
                        public bool Selected
                        {
                        get
                        {
                        return selected;
                        }
                        set
                        {
                        selected = value;
                        }
                        }

                        What do you hate seeing in code?

                        Harvey Saayman - South Africa Junior Developer .Net, C#, SQL

                        you.suck = (you.passion != Programming)

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                        Robert Surtees
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #12

                        IF( j - k ) 30,50,100

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                        • L leppie

                          For the property, I would accept the get and set on each own line, if the property setter/getter was only 1 line long. Eg:

                          public bool Selected
                          {
                          get {return selected;}
                          set {selected = value;}
                          }

                          xacc.ide - now with TabsToSpaces support
                          IronScheme - 1.0 alpha 4a out now (29 May 2008)

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                          Mustafa Ismail Mustafa
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #13

                          That's exactly how I do it and is the cause of many an argument between me and other devs.

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                          • L leppie

                            For the property, I would accept the get and set on each own line, if the property setter/getter was only 1 line long. Eg:

                            public bool Selected
                            {
                            get {return selected;}
                            set {selected = value;}
                            }

                            xacc.ide - now with TabsToSpaces support
                            IronScheme - 1.0 alpha 4a out now (29 May 2008)

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                            Pete OHanlon
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #14

                            Actually - there's another pet peeve of mine. People using properties when a field would suffice. If the object is serializable then, fine, make it a property otherwise do you really need to have a property that does nothing other than assign a value?

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                            • P Pete OHanlon

                              Actually - there's another pet peeve of mine. People using properties when a field would suffice. If the object is serializable then, fine, make it a property otherwise do you really need to have a property that does nothing other than assign a value?

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                              leppie
                              wrote on last edited by
                              #15

                              Not only serialization (well XML only, binary is fine with fields), but binding requires properties.

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                              • J Jacquers

                                These days I prefer the automatic properties of c# 3 public string UserName { get; set; }

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                                Pawel Krakowiak
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                                #16

                                Same here, unless there's specific logic involved. Automatic properties save some coding. ;)

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                                • L leppie

                                  Not only serialization (well XML only, binary is fine with fields), but binding requires properties.

                                  xacc.ide - now with TabsToSpaces support
                                  IronScheme - 1.0 alpha 4a out now (29 May 2008)

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                                  Pete OHanlon
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                                  #17

                                  leppie wrote:

                                  but binding requires properties.

                                  It does, but my point still stands - do you really need to have a property that does nothing other than assign a value? BTW - binding is best performed if you implement the INotifyPropertyChanged interface, and the property then does more than just setting a value.

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                                  • H Harvey Saayman

                                    Im very fussy when it comes to my code base, when i see things like the following it will ruin my day completely and p!$$ me off so badly I have to take a minute so that my head doesn't explode.

                                    Wrong
                                    public void someMethod(){
                                    //some code
                                    }

                                    Right
                                    public void someMethod()
                                    {
                                    //some code
                                    }

                                    Wrong
                                    if (someCondition)
                                    someMethod;

                                    Right
                                    if (someCondition)
                                    {
                                    someMethod();
                                    }

                                    Wrong
                                    public bool Selected
                                    {
                                    get{return selected;} set{selected = value;}
                                    }

                                    Right
                                    public bool Selected
                                    {
                                    get
                                    {
                                    return selected;
                                    }
                                    set
                                    {
                                    selected = value;
                                    }
                                    }

                                    What do you hate seeing in code?

                                    Harvey Saayman - South Africa Junior Developer .Net, C#, SQL

                                    you.suck = (you.passion != Programming)

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                                    Vikram A Punathambekar
                                    wrote on last edited by
                                    #18

                                    I agree with #1 and #2, but I do #3 like Leppie says.

                                    Cheers, Vıkram.


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                                    • H Harvey Saayman

                                      Im very fussy when it comes to my code base, when i see things like the following it will ruin my day completely and p!$$ me off so badly I have to take a minute so that my head doesn't explode.

                                      Wrong
                                      public void someMethod(){
                                      //some code
                                      }

                                      Right
                                      public void someMethod()
                                      {
                                      //some code
                                      }

                                      Wrong
                                      if (someCondition)
                                      someMethod;

                                      Right
                                      if (someCondition)
                                      {
                                      someMethod();
                                      }

                                      Wrong
                                      public bool Selected
                                      {
                                      get{return selected;} set{selected = value;}
                                      }

                                      Right
                                      public bool Selected
                                      {
                                      get
                                      {
                                      return selected;
                                      }
                                      set
                                      {
                                      selected = value;
                                      }
                                      }

                                      What do you hate seeing in code?

                                      Harvey Saayman - South Africa Junior Developer .Net, C#, SQL

                                      you.suck = (you.passion != Programming)

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                                      Brady Kelly
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                                      #19

                                      public bool Selected { get; set; }

                                      ;P

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                                      • H Harvey Saayman

                                        blackjack2150 wrote:

                                        You don't like the Java brackets style, yet you like the Java camel notation...

                                        yeah, btw i didnt even know camel casting came from Java??

                                        blackjack2150 wrote:

                                        I think it's a matter of taste

                                        definitely a matter of taste, out of all 3 examples i HATE the java bracket style the most, i find it hard to read and irritating.

                                        Harvey Saayman - South Africa Junior Developer .Net, C#, SQL

                                        you.suck = (you.passion != Programming)

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                                        Brady Kelly
                                        wrote on last edited by
                                        #20

                                        Likewise. Unfortunately it is the convention in all our JavaScript, and it really pisses my off looking up from a closing brace to find the function start, and not seeing the opening brace where is should be.

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                                          Likewise. Unfortunately it is the convention in all our JavaScript, and it really pisses my off looking up from a closing brace to find the function start, and not seeing the opening brace where is should be.

                                          Daily WTF Memes

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                                          Harvey Saayman
                                          wrote on last edited by
                                          #21

                                          agreed! its actually weird how furious i get for something so silly...

                                          Harvey Saayman - South Africa Junior Developer .Net, C#, SQL

                                          you.suck = (you.passion != Programming)

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