In Java IoC / DI is a very common practice which is extensively used in web applications, nearly all available frameworks and Java EE. On the other hand, there are also lots of big Python web applications, but beside of Zope (which I've heard should be really horrible to code) IoC doesn't seem t...

I'm reviewing some code for a friend and say that he was using a return statement inside of a try-finally block. Does the code in the Finally section still fire even though the rest of the try block doesn't? ...

I'm new to interfaces and trying to do SOAP request by github 6 Answers 6 ...

...t sure why I need to use ul-li vs simply using divs when listing items. I can make both look exactly the same so where is the functional advantage to creating an unordered list vs lining up divs? ...

Everyone is aware of Dijkstra's Letters to the editor: go to statement considered harmful (also here .html transcript and here .pdf) and there has been a formidable push since that time to eschew the goto statement whenever possible. While it's possible to use goto to produce unmaintainable, s...

I read that Linux is a monolithic kernel. Does monolithic kernel mean compiling and linking the complete kernel code into an executable? ...

What are the advantages and limitations of dynamic type languages compared to static type languages? 9 Answers ...

I've been working on database-driven web applications for a few years now and recently took on a project involving a CMS that is XML-capable. This has led me to think about the usage of XML/XSLT in general and in what situations it would be more useful than the approach I've always used, which is st...

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I'm going to learn RESTful web services (it's better to say that I'll have to do this because it's a part of CS master degree program). ...