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Blizzard Software Engineering Reading

by Jay Baxter (circa 2009)

Associate developer

"This list is for people who want to become Associate Software Engineers at Blizzard. An associate should have skills at the level indicated by these books. Note that this is almost completely focused on C++ programming. This list is incomplete. I need a book on how to become a professional. I've listed several books that give examples of professional behavior, but not one on the actual training."

Programming: Principles and Practice Using C++

by Bjarne Stroustrup

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require 'active_support/hash_with_indifferent_access'
require 'minitest/autorun'

def sum(a: 0, b: 0)
  a + b
end

class BugTest < MiniTest::Unit::TestCase
  def setup
    @normal_hash = {a: 18, b: 24} # just a hash

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class MyTimerClass
  attr_reader :timers

  def initialize
    @timers = {}
    @parent_timer = nil
  end

  def clock!(name, &block)
    @timers[name] ||= 0

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$ git status
# On branch my-branch
# Changes not staged for commit:
#   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
#   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
#
#  modified:   db/schema.rb
#
no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")
$ git diff

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class Animal
  def speak
    puts "..."
  end
end

class Cat < Animal
  def speak
    puts "Mew..."
  end

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-- Prints the variable (even a table) in detail.  It is very useful for tables
--   where print() is more or less useless.
function inspect(variable, indentation)
  local inspected = "" -- this will be printed at the end
  local inner_indentation = indentation and indentation + 1 or 0 -- for nested tables

  local tabs = "" -- also for nested tables
  for i=1,inner_indentation do
    tabs = tabs .. "\t"
  end

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if @user.try(:can_edit_post?)
  # do something
end

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class StaticsController < ActionController::Base
  def render_404
    if real_404?
      send_detailed_disaster_mail(request)
    end

    respond_to do |format|
      format.json do
        render json: "", status: 404
      end

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# -*- encoding : utf-8 -*-
require "spec_helper"
require "set"

# Reads requests from test/fixtures/logs/requests.log and builds examples that
# test if the requests are routable.
#
# The syntax it understands is (same as `haproxy.log`):
#     {www.skroutz.gr} "POST /shops/add_review/984?some=other"
#

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enc = '# -*- encoding : utf-8 -*-'

`git ls-files -- spec | xargs head -1 | grep -v encoding`.
  split("\n\n").
  reject{|l| l !~ /\n/}.
  map{|l| l.split("\n").first}.
  map{|f| f[/^==> (.*) <==$/, 1]}.
  each{|f|
    system "echo '#{enc}' > tempfile && cat #{f} >> tempfile && mv tempfile #{f}"
  }