| Date |
Survey |
# |
21 May 2012 -
28 May 2012 |
What makes a great gift for a developer?
|
960 |
14 May 2012 -
21 May 2012 |
Do you do defensive programming?
"Defensive programming is ... intended to ensure the continuing function of a piece of software in spite of unforeseeable usage of said software". ie provide air-bags and ABS for your code. (suggested by the enigmatic V)
|
1158 |
7 May 2012 -
14 May 2012 |
Do you have a coding style?
Do you have a consistent way in which you format code, arrange files, methods, your projects, your comments? Or is it all a little ad lib? Do you have, in short, a Coding Standards Bible that you adhere to?
|
962 |
30 Apr 2012 -
7 May 2012 |
Do you plan on writing Windows 8 Metro style apps?
Jumping on the Metro bandwagon (or bus)?
|
1260 |
23 Apr 2012 -
30 Apr 2012 |
Do you prefer light on dark or dark on light in your text editor when coding?
For some IDEs colours are out and monochrome is in. What's your preference for colours when coding?
|
1448 |
16 Apr 2012 -
23 Apr 2012 |
What sort of IDE do you prefer?
Do like having your IDE with all the fixin's, or do you feel even the syntax highlighting in Notepad++ is overkill?
|
1409 |
9 Apr 2012 -
16 Apr 2012 |
Do you do System Administration?
The more Agile we get, the more we find ourselves having to setup, update and maintain our own servers and systems. For this question, SysAdmin means setting up hardware,
|
915 |
2 Apr 2012 -
9 Apr 2012 |
What toys, I mean office equipment, will you buy this year?
Inspired by the realisation that I've not bought a video card in years, but have instead developed a storage fetish. Nothing says "getting old" like a joy of backing-up.
|
918 |
26 Mar 2012 -
2 Apr 2012 |
Do you write specs before you start coding?
Whether or not you update, or even follow, the original specs after coding starts, do you produce at least something before you start cranking the code?
|
1267 |
19 Mar 2012 -
26 Mar 2012 |
Do you like Microsoft's Metro design
The (not so new) Metro design. Love, Hate, or maybe just stuck with it.
|
1414 |
12 Mar 2012 -
19 Mar 2012 |
Have you downloaded the Windows 8 preview?
The Windows 8 consumer preview is out. Taken if for a test drive yet?
|
1055 |
5 Mar 2012 -
12 Mar 2012 |
Should Comp Sci students learn C++?
Learning about pointers, memory management, linked lists and to-the-metal programming used to be important. Is it still a necessary skill?
|
1387 |
27 Feb 2012 -
5 Mar 2012 |
Do you obfuscate your code?
Protecting your code, for example .NET DLLs or client side Javascript, is important for some. Do you deliberately (as opposed to accidentally) obfuscate your code? Suggested by Collin Jasnoch
|
1077 |
20 Feb 2012 -
27 Feb 2012 |
When designing an app for a midsize (5"-7") tablet, what UI do you use?
Bigger than a phone, smaller than a small laptop, these mid-sized tablets need to be considered.
|
654 |
13 Feb 2012 -
20 Feb 2012 |
Do you use NuGet?
Keeping your libraries up to date in Visual Studio has never been easier.
|
890 |
6 Feb 2012 -
13 Feb 2012 |
If you had to develop an app for mobile devices, what app types would you develop?
|
1092 |
30 Jan 2012 -
6 Feb 2012 |
Is your monitor landscape or potrait?
Monitors are usually oriented with the width longer than the height. Yet we work with long, narrow documents. Does this make sense?
|
1393 |
23 Jan 2012 -
30 Jan 2012 |
Is your development machine powerful enough?
Not that long ago a developer was never satisfied with the power of his machine. Has that changed?
|
1413 |
16 Jan 2012 -
23 Jan 2012 |
Which type of organisation is the most innovative?
What type of organisation do you see as most likely to take the risks, to challenge the norm, to innovate the most?
|
719 |
9 Jan 2012 -
16 Jan 2012 |
When learning to use a third party component, how valuable are each of the following?
Everyone likes to learn in a different way, and many of us find reading code faster than reading prose.
|
757 |
