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Lessons learned
mwatts15 edited this page Feb 1, 2013
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Software design (diagramming and statement of expected program function) -
The C language -
Memory management--and memory leaks -
Trie data structures ("staged" directories) -
Developing a types system (tag value types) -
Using an issue tracker and public code repository (GitHub) -
Using software revision control (git--still learning) -
Software build process (Makefiles) -
Logging program execution with levels of verbosity -
User level file system operations on Linux -
Code generation (very ad-hoc and a pain to work with, but I am using it) -
Input parsing (query interface; doesn't follow the formal (tokenize-> parse) pattern, but it works) -
Vim-fu -
Data serialization and storage (the database file and proposed xattr data storage formats) -
Software testing (made some attempts at automation) -
Pacing -
Exercise regularly and eat right--you can't code effectively if you're tired and out of shape all the time -
Your code won't runaway overnight--turn off the laptop and get a full night's sleep