Questions tagged [programming-productivity]
Programming is the process of writing computer code in order to create software. Use this tag for questions relating to the efficiency and productivity of programming.
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Does Test Driven Development decrease development time and create better quality software? [closed]
As any software developer out there I hold my own opinions about programming related stuff. I also hold my own opinion about TDD (Test Driven Development).
But my opinion is irrelevant because it's ...
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Is using vim faster than a mouse-based editor for source code?
Many people claim that editing text using the vim editor is faster than using a mouse-based one, for experienced users.
There seems to be a lot of anecdotal evidence for this claim, but considering ...
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Is it true that the best programmer in the office is 30 times faster than the worst programmer in the office? [duplicate]
I was once told by a professor at a prestigious university (paraphrase):
In the average software development workplace, the best programmer is 30 times faster than the
worst programmer. So if it ...
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Do mechanical keyboards improve accuracy?
A famous mechanical keyboard site claims that:
Many mechanical keyboard fans rave at the loud, clicky sound they produce when using one of these keyboards. As mentioned above, the mechanical switches ...
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Has Stack Overflow saved billions of dollars in programmer productivity?
John Carmack is a renowned developer and CTO. His Twitter account has over 100,000 followers.
On the occasion of Stack Exchange's 5th anniversary, he quipped on Twitter:
[... Stack Overflow] has ...
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Does having a specification result in better code?
From Joel on Software, 12 Steps to Better Code, Joel asserts that:
Writing specs is like flossing: everybody agrees that it's a good
thing, but nobody does it.
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Software that wasn't built from ...
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Are there studies clearly illustrating the great discrepancies in programmer productivity?
There exists a widely held (and frequently asserted) belief that there is a very big (relatively to other professions) discrepancy between the top tier software developers and the non-top-tier.
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Is it preferable to use a computer in a darkened room?
In his latest blog post, Jeff Atwood states:
We computer geeks like it dark. Really dark. Ideally, we'd be in a cave. A cave … with an internet connection.
The one thing that we can't abide is direct ...
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Is programming in Python faster than in C, C++ or Java?
There's a widespread belief among programmers that the more dynamic and loosely typed the language, the more productive the programmer will be in it. Guido van Rossum wrote about programming ...
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