Sunday, August 23, 2009

Java Facepalmers

Just fyi, the following are retarded:


SomeType thing = new SomeType(paramerters);
if (thing == null)
// ...
// ...



if (this == null)
return;
// ...


These are both real mistakes I've found working on a Java project at work. It makes me feel dumb explaining that a constructor never returns null, and that this is never null.

Please write good code and don't make these mistakes. At least it gives me a job.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

the word groop was also found in the code of this project. apparently that's how you spell group in india.