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DaveBall

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Age: 37

Currently writing my Ph.D. thesis on model-based testing. Trying to improve my coding skills.

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What is the single most effective thing you did to improve your programming skills?

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Hidden Features of Java

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Useful Eclipse Java Code Templates

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What papers should everyone read?

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What are important languages to learn to understand different approaches and concepts?

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Java: What is the best way to filter a Collection?

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Which @NotNull Java annotation should I use?

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Best unit test tutorials for beginners

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TDD Anti-patterns catalogue

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Questions every good Java/Java EE Developer should be able to answer?

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How do I write a correct micro-benchmark in Java?

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What Books Should Everyone Read?

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Do you have any recommended plugins for Eclipse?

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Hidden features of Eclipse

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What videos should everybody watch?

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Search in list of favorited questions?

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How to set the java.library.path from Eclipse

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How does LMAX's disruptor pattern work?

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Keeping tables/figures close to where they are mentioned

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Any good examples of inheriting from a concrete class?

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Useful Eclipse features?

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Understanding events and event handlers in C#

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What are practical uses of applicative style?

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Unit tests - The benefit from unit tests with contract changes?

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How do you go from a so so programmer to a great one?

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Code analysis and task assignment in java

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Sandbox against malicious code in a Java application

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Resources and tutorials to get started on algorithms

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Dynamically vs Statically typed languages studies

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Is there a SoftHashMap in Java?

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