Describe the structure and contents of a design document, or a set of design documents, for a multi-tiered web application.

785

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Why is the single responsibility principle important?

854

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If your database was under a lot of strain, what are the first few things you might consider to speed it up?

795

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What do you do to stay abreast of the latest technologies and tools?

829

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Explain the concept of convention over configuration, and talk about an example of convention over configuration you have seen in the wild.

769

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Whose blogs or podcasts do you follow? Do you blog or podcast?

693

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How do you identify hardware errors?

799

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How can you optimize the i/o performance?

865

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What trade offs do you have for resource contention?

799

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How can you stop your dba from making off with a list of your users’ passwords?

936

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Can you name any code testing tools?

876

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Left to your own devices, what would you create?

713

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How can you reduce memory requirements in embedded systems?

832

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Discuss the differences between mocks and stubs/fakes and where you might use them (answers aren't that important here, just the discussion that would ensue).

801

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What is the last programming book you read?

813

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