Questions tagged [personal-projects]
For questions about projects that you are working on on your own, usually not work-related.
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Is there anything wrong with writing getter/setter methods in C#? [duplicate]
I am a Java dev for almost all of my programming (at least in the workplace) but I do some Unity for fun on the side. I have used C# properties many times and they are convenient to still provide ...
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How important is it to have a consistent technological stack? [closed]
I'm trying to make a browser MMO game as a hobby project.
Currently, the server-side code is written in ASP.NET Core (this was not my choice; the game started as an academic project and the prof ...
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Writing a library for accessing persisted DBMS data - what should I pay attention to?
I'm working on this project which, for certain reasons, will need to read the data that's persisted by a DBMS (*). The data is not serialized objects with class information, representation of pointers ...
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How to treat partially done partially cancelled cards
I use an online kanban-board for my projects. Even though I work mostly alone, it helps me keep track of what would otherwise be an Alexandran Library of post-it notes. While I'm sure my process is ...
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A large part of my code has a major design flaw. Finish it off or fix it now? [closed]
I am a high school student working on a C# project with a friend of mine with about the same skill level as me. So far, we have written roughly 3,000 lines of code and 250 lines of test code in a span ...
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Home project & work project sharing common library under development
Those of us who do software development not only for a living, but also as a hobby, have probably encountered the following scenario:
Say, there is a project at work called WorkApplication on which ...
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Do hiring managers have a hard time accepting developers who have a "business look alike" personal app but are NOT entrepreneurs? [closed]
Directly post graduation from University, I decided to build my own web app (Ease My Day) while waiting to get a job as a software Engineer.
The reasons to build this app:
Gain solid hands on ...
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As an lone, Agile (PXP/PSP) developer what is the proper structure for a formal project post-mortem? [closed]
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As an lone, Agile (PXP/PSP) developer what is the proper structure for a formal project post-mortem?
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I'm using a PXP methodology (which is a blend of extreme programming and the ...
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Should I use git for project files, other than the actual source? [duplicate]
I have a lot of small projects, and while their source code is backed up and tracked with git, I don't know what to do with the rest of the files associated with a project.
These consist of small ...
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Is debugging a waste of time? [duplicate]
I work on a lot of projects for fun, so I have the freedom to choose when I want to finish the project and am not constrained by deadlines.
Therefore, if I wanted to, I could follow this philosophy:
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Can I rightfully claim this as my own project if I recieved help online? [closed]
Basically I'm new to network programming in Python, so I went on a tutorial online to find out about it. Using what was taught in the tutorial (creating a socket, connecting to ports, etc), I modified ...
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Professional Development: Finding that "pet project" to work on - then managing other commitments [closed]
At the moment, like a fair few of you I'd imagine, I spend at least 40 hours working on projects that use a specific set of technologies. Sometimes I'm doing maintenance, and have those technologies ...
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TDD and Version Control
I am currently learning about TDD and trying to put it into practice in my personal projects. I have also used version control extensively on many of these projects. I am interested in the interplay ...
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My most cherished dream project seems to resemble a product that already exists. What shall I do? [closed]
I guess this is more of a "comfort seeking" question than legality one.
You see, for the past couple of months I have been brainstorming and developing a product, all by myself. I was planning to ...
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What's the best way to manage reusable classes/libraries separately?
When coding, I naturally often come up with classes or a set of classes with a high reusability. I'm looking for an easy, straight-forward way to work on them separately.
I'd like to be able to easily ...
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