Java 8 lies ahead and with it promises of native Collection support. But that’s a while away, we want it now! And with Espresso4J, a small language-augmenting library designed to put a shot of liveliness into Java syntax, we can have it now too.
A quick implementation for reading a key/value dataset from an XML document.
We're just not getting what we expected or wanted.
Today I present to you a PHP puzzler that in fact had me stumped for a day or two. I do enjoy when a language throws a curve ball; it presents an opportunity to gain insight on the mechanics and become acquainted with the nuances of the language in question.
Inspired by a thread on Facebook to which I contributed, a few words concerning readable code vs compact code.
Taken from my reply to a post regarding the topic on Facebook, a few words introducing key guidelines I follow when commenting my code.