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Skipping tests in unittests

While writing unittests one might comes across situations where a test method takes a considerable amount of time (say you want to to parse a huge XML file to ensure that your code can handle huge files). At the same … Continue reading

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Are debuggers crutches ?

As every programmer knows debuggers are useful tools to step through the program execution. Some of the scenarios where debuggers are quite helpful are: While tracing a bug or error they are useful to pinpoint the exact location of the … Continue reading

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Moving to git from Clearcase

Git is distributed version control system (DVCS) where as Clearcase is centralized source control system. Clearcase provides access to data in the repository via a virtual file system called MVFS(Multiversion File System). Conceptually Git and Clearcase are very different in … Continue reading

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Installing latex packages in Cygwin

Obtain the package you need to install from CTAN (http://www.ctan.org/). Extract the downloaded package into a directory (say latex_source) Run latex against the .ins file available as part of the package. Copy the generated .sty and .cfg files to the … Continue reading

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Beautiful Code

A mindmap of Beautiful code interpretation Continue reading

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