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Improve Code Skills? Consider Blogging

Post author:Dirk Strauss
Post published:December 6, 2016
Post category:This Developer's Life
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Having a tech blog will make you better at writing code. That is a fact. I have seen the benefits of this throughout my career as a software developer. You might wonder how this can be true. Well you see, blogging about certain concepts awakens a certain curiosity within you. It is that curiosity that inspires you to learn more, tinker more and be more. You evolve as a programmer into something more than just a 9-to-5 kind of guy or girl. (more…)

Introducing Code Contracts – Writing Better Code

Post author:Dirk Strauss
Post published:May 18, 2015
Post category:Programming
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Introducing Code Contracts – Exactly what are code contracts and how can they help me in my daily coding tasks? How do code contracts make my code better? Well as I have said before, user input is evil. All user input. Code contracts provide a way for a developer to specifically check what values are coming into their methods and catch issues easily. Here is an introduction to code contracts. (more…)