Read this: "How to explain why multi-threading is difficult".
We need to talk. This is not that difficult.
Multi-threading is only difficult if you do it badly. There are an almost infinite number of ways to do it badly. Many magazines and bloggers have decided that the multithreading hurdle is …
more ...Here's a pretty simple set of use cases for a code-kata database application.
This is largely transactional, not analytical.
It's a simple inventory of ingredients, recipes and locations.
Stuff gets lots or misplaced. It's helpful to marry recipes with ingredients …
This isn't computer forensics; it's something much simpler.
A colleague has been struck down with a disease (or won the lottery) and won't be back to work any time soon. Worse, they did not use SVN to do daily check-ins. Their laptop has the latest and greatest. As well as …
more ...The USPS ZIP codes have a multi-part structure. The first three digits are a prefix that defines a sectional center facility.
The USPS table L005 3-Digit ZIP Code Prefix Groups—SCF Sortation maps clusters of ZIP3 prefixes to Facility and State codes. The following URL has this table.
A co-worker has mistakenly cloned a directory tree rather than link to it. Then they made some number of changes to files in that directory.
Your job is to compute a directory-level difference between an official copy and the changes they made. Sadly, you can't trivially …
I've got a ton of exercises in the Building Skills books. Specifically, my OO Design book is based on my own personal Code Kata exercises.
Plus there's the established Code Kata resources. The CodeKata page, Mark Needham's blog posting on code-kata, Rizky Farhan's Collection of Software Projects, jp.hamilton's Code …
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