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Back in the 1980s, object-oriented programming was a state of mind, not the state of the art. Sure, there were OO languages, tools, and frameworks — such as Lisp and Smalltalk — but mainstream ...

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Learn some of the best practices for versioning your software and principles to keep in mind during the version control process. Software versioning provides a way to quickly identify the state of an ...