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This week’s fugly code comes from my past experiences as a C developer, and is actually one of the first pieces of advice my Team Lead gave me when I joined his group.
You see, I was working on this function that returned a value based on a few incoming parameters, and the lead admitted he [...]

Welcome to FuglyCode.com, where we study the art of software development and proper code. We currently have two article series on the go, which you can find below:
FuglyCode of the Week
Every Monday at 12pm eastern
Every week, take a look at software code as we study the dos and dont’s of software development.
Latest Article: Multiple [...]

Hey everybody, I just felt like posting  a quick update.
So first, you’ll notice a new Welcome post on the site’s front page.  The goal of this new post is to help visitors quickly access the site’s latest content.  I expect to replace the post with a full time web page, but until that page is built, [...]

Error handling in programming languages allows software developers to build safeguards into their code to protect against possible exceptions or errors during runtime. Method overloading, on the other hand, allows developers to build multiple methods of the same name, but that act differently depending on their method signatures (ie: different parameters).
Lets take the following [...]

Today we’ll be reviewing a fun little plugin called Flexo Archives, but before we do, lets talk a little bit about Widgets.
What’s a widget?
A WordPress Widget is a plugin (or part of a plugin) that is designed to provide a simple way to arrange the various elements of your blog’s sidebar content without having to [...]

Do you work with code?  Does the code you work with cause your hand to hit your forehead at least three times a day?  Is the code you work with Fugly?
If you’ve answered yes to any of these questions, then you may have FuglyCode!
Alright, big news on the FuglyCode front, we’re looking to start a [...]

Remember the days before spam?
- Akismet
I remember my very first spam email like it was yesterday.  I was looking at my good old hotmail inbox and wondering why I never got any emails when suddenly, as though an answer to my prayers, I received an email from someone I didn’t know.
Being both naive and confused, [...]

As we begin to ramp up the different articles that will be published on FuglyCode.com, I’m proud to announce our first article series: Blog Tools Review.
Articles of this series will be posted every Wednesday around noon ET and will focus on the different tools, themes and plugins that I commonly use to make my blogs easier [...]

So today we’re going to be diving into blog plugins, but before we do, I’d invite you to read the Blog Engine and Blog Themes post if you havn’t already done so, just to make sure we are all on the same page.
What’s a plugin?
Before we jump into reviewing the different plugins that I use [...]

Welcome to FuglyCode.com, the site that shows you how to code, by showing you how not to code!
As you can see, our site is quite empty at the moment, and that’s mostly because we just launched.   Rest assured that we are working very hard at preparing some interesting articles about good software practices, common [...]