Comments on: Where can I get feedback on my programming?

Question: Where can I get feedback on my programming?

giggleknickers — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 04:27:40 -0800

Is there some community where programmers can submit their work to each other and get feedback?

I'm learning Java and rather new at it. I'd like some community where programmers can show what they've done and others will critique it. Your average java community probably wouldn't take too kindly to me making three threads a day saying "This is the latest thing I've done. Please give feedback!"

If there isn't such a community already, would anyone want to get together and make one?

By: wackybrit

wackybrit — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 04:29:16 -0800

Refactor My Code goes most of the way to what you're looking for.

By: zemblamatic

zemblamatic — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 05:02:01 -0800

DailyWTF?

By: drinkcoffee

drinkcoffee — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 05:33:54 -0800

I second the Refactor My Code recommendation.

A good IDE goes a long way toward giving good feedback on code. For Java, nothing beats IntelliJ in this respect (IMHO).

Are you doing doing this as part of your job, or independently? If you're part of a development team, doing regular code reviews using something like Crucible is essential.

Read Effective Java.

By: Zarkonnen

Zarkonnen — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 05:53:56 -0800

I'd be up for making one. Most stuff about Java you can find on the net is either outdated, written by someone trying to push their enterprise framework, or simply people going on about how Ruby/Python/Perl/Lisp/C/C++ etc. are a better language, instead of actually helping with the issue at hand.

By: mrbugsentry

mrbugsentry — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:56:18 -0800

I always figured DailyWTF is where you submit your coworker's code to commiserate on!

By: breaks the guidelines?

breaks the guidelines? — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 10:48:52 -0800

Most programming language communities have an active IRC channel. I'm not a Java developer myself, but I see that #java on irc.freenode.net has over 300 connected people right now.