In this episode, we’re talking about lessons learned and the lessons we still need to learn. Also, Michael shares some anti-monetization strategies, Allen wins by default, and Joe keeps it real 59/60 days a year!

The full show notes for this episode are available at https://www.codingblocks.net/episode212.

News

• Thanks for the review rioredwards!
• Want to help us out? Leave a review! (/reviews)

Exceptions vs Errors in Java

• Exceptions: Unwanted or unexpected events
  • NullPointerException
  • IntegerOverflowException
  • IllegalArgumentException
• Errors: Serious problems that you should try not to catch – generally no recovery
  • OutOfMemoryError
  • StackOverflowError
  • NoClassDefFoundError
• What happens if your code runs in a background thread?
  • Thread gets terminated, but the application keeps running
  • Resources are released, dependent threads are terminated
  • It’s up to the owner of the thread to handle the situation
  • The best practice is to attempt to handle these situations by validating at startup

Question from Twitter: (thanks jvilaverde!)

How do you guys keep up with your data sources?

• Coding Blocks Slack (/slack)
• Hacker News

StackOverflow Survey (thanks mikerg!)

• 70% of all respondents are using or are planning to use AI tools in their development process this year
• 82% of people learning to code plan to use AI
• 30% don’t plan on it
• 40% of devs trust the accuracy of AI
• Highest paid languages? Zig, Erlang, RB, Scala, Lisp, F#
• Lowest paid? Dart, MATLAB, PHP, Visual Basic, Delphi
• Warning: remember the audience!
• Web Frameworks: React 40% Angular 17%, Vue 16%
• Other frameworks: .NET, NumPy, Pandas
• What does this tell you about the demographics?
• Docker 51%, Kubernetes 20%

Resources We Like

• StackOverflow 2023 Survey Results (survey.stackoverflow.com)
• We <3 Kubernetes (episode 147)
• Is Kubernetes Programming? (episode 141)
• Chik-Fil-A A Kubernetes Success Story (appvia.io)
• How to write amazing unit tests (episode 54)
• Zig Language (ziglang.org)
• Unit Testing Principles, Practices, and Patterns: Effective testing styles, patterns, and reliable automation for unit testing, mocking, and integration testing with examples in C# (Amazon)

Tip of the Week

• Want some help staying focused? There are ways to block apps and websites on a schedule. Let us know if you have any recommendations! (reviewed.usatoday.com)
• Is all of the Reddit drama getting in the way of your programming humor? Check out this website to get your jollies without supporting “The System”. (programmerhumor.io)
• Thinking about building a new computer? These tools have made it easier than ever, and maybe even fun?
  • PC Part Picker (pcpartpicker.com)
  • PC Building Simulator (steam)
• What if you want to direct output to stdout AND also redirect to a file? Have your cake and eat it too with “tee”. (geeksforgeeks.org)
• Want an easy way to run your script files in VS Code? No muss, no fuss? Check out Code Runner (marketplace.visualstudio.com)

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