Enough! JavaScript had us in its grip for long with its foot guns. The first time I heard the term Hoisting, I had no idea about it and misheard as hosting. You declare variables using var happily, and you have to come to peace with yourself that it is okay…
Immutability, the cornerstone of functional programming, has many facets. Not every (mainstream) language supports all the facets; at least not per what each facet stands for. That’s what I will talk about today. The various facets of immutability from a theoretical perspective, and briefly show how some of…
What are your thoughts on the following piece of code? [code lang=java] public String someGibberishMethod() { int length = someMethodReturningLength(); int sum = 0; for (int index = 0; index < length; ++index) { // some code that updates the sum variable } SomeClass someClass = new SomeClass(sum); int sumValueInsideSomeClass = someClass.getSumValue(); // use someText, maybe log…