Programming advice from a Galaxy Far Far Away…
Yoda: “Try not. Do or do not, there is no try.”
- Lesson: Don’t handle exceptions.
Yoda: “Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny, consume you it will.”
- Lesson: Don’t forget to test for erroneous states.
Yoda: “You must unlearn what you have learned”
- Lesson: Don’t forget to free memory.
Yoda: "Always in motion is the future."
- Lesson: Requirements will always change.
Obi-Wan Kenobi: “Your destiny lies along a different path from mine.”
- Lesson: Use multiple threads.
Obi-Wan Kenobi: “I must admit that without the clones, it would not have been victory.”
- Lesson: Don’t hesitate to use cloning.
Obi-Wan Kenobi: “Many of the truths that we cling to depend on our point of view.”
- Lesson: Beware pointers.
C-3PO: “R2-D2, you know better than to trust a strange computer.”
- Lesson: Obvious.
Emperor : “Everything that has transpired has done so according to my design.”
- Lesson: A complete design is important.
Lando Calrissian: “I had no choice. They arrived right before you did.”
- Lesson: Always process requests in order.
Leia: “it's dangerous for any ships to leave the system until we've activated the energy shield.”
- Lesson: Always use secure protocols.