[convention] Forum Topics

Just thought I'd start a thread for those of us into sci-fi and comicons. I used to attend Creation Conventions when Star Trek TNG was at it's peak. I loved going in costume (Klingon of course). I've since moved from NYC and of course lost some of my gear; and …

When we're taught programming (at least me, anyway), we're always told that goto statements are to be avoided at all costs. If they make code so difficult to read when used, why are they still in programming languages, and when are they useful?

Is there a good pratice for naming form controls which are purely cosmetic? If not, any suggestions for variable names for these controls? E.g A label (which never changes) above a text box.

Is it poor convention to create a c++ file only to store various functions, and then include it into the main.cpp? This would be done so that the functions could be used in different programs as well.

Following in nerd tradition, I went to Comic-Con at the Javits Center in NYC this past Saturday. I consider myself a Trekkie (TNG and Voyager) and, while I'm not a comic buff, I do love all of the TV-based Superman shows (The Adventures of Superman, Lois and Clark, Smallville, etc.) …

Hi i keep getting an exception when i'm trying to update table values within a database. the exception is below but i dont change from datetime to varchar it always stay as datetime. is there any other reasons why this is happening ? "The conversion of a varchar data type …

I know a lot of people have their own comforts and styles when it comes to scripting and coding, but... Some language documentations specifically state a naming convention that is considered best practice for their language, like Java specifying camelCase. However, PHP's online documentation doesn't specify a naming convention (from …

Hi there, is it valid to have a java class name and file as [CODE]public class DVD extends Items{[/CODE] and [CODE]public class CD extends Items{[/CODE] where its all in capitals? -thanks, sorry for the short question.

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