Kotlin-like Builders in Java and Python, Continued: Additional Parameters

Intro In today’s article, we follow up last week’s article about making Kotlin-like builders in Java and Python, expanding the…

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Mimicking Kotlin Builders in Java and Python

Intro Kotlin is probably my favorite language right now, and possibly one of the coolest things it has to offer…

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Flag Parameters and Overloading in Python, Java, and Kotlin

Jumping around between multiple languages can help you notice some differences between idioms and best practices in different languages. One…

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Is Getter DI A Good Idea?

Sometimes, you may hear about dependency injection done via a getter method, which subclasses override or mock frameworks fake for…

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Replacing Inheritance with Composition

Quite a while back, I posted about how, despite the fact that you should prefer composition over inheritance, you can…

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Functions Named as Adjectives

I’ve got a shorter one this week. Partially, that’s because I was part way through a post before deciding to…

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A New Idea for Calling Functions

Disclaimer: This is going to come off a bit ranty. I’m not as frustrated by the “problems” I bring us…

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Testing Interface Invariants

Today’s article is something a little special. It’s the first article where I use code from my current personal project…

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I Found My Java Remake!

Back in January, I wrote a post about some changes I would love to see in the Java language that…

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