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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
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    #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;}
    }

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    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
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              #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.


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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?

                        Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.

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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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                          IronScheme - 1.0 alpha 4a out now (29 May 2008)

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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
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #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
                              wrote on last edited by
                              #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.


                                "if abusing me makes you a credible then i better give u the chance which didnt get in real" - Adnan Siddiqi.

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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.

                                    Daily WTF Memes

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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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                                      • 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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                                        darkelv
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                                        #22

                                        Harvey Saayman wrote:

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

                                        Fixed. :)

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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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                                          Dave Parker
                                          wrote on last edited by
                                          #23

                                          Harvey Saayman wrote:

                                          What do you hate seeing in code?

                                          Unnecessary line breaks Actually I do prefer having more things on one line in many cases so there's less scrolling up and down but matter of taste I suppose and there are always #regions anyway.

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