Visual Studio Magazine

Best Practice: Declare Variables as Constants

In the bad old days, I only used constants as a way to assign names to values. Things like this, for example: Private Const DaysInWeek As Integer = 7 However, these days most of my variables are ...
TechRepublic

From compile-time constants to runtime constants and back

Constant variables are vitally important to C++ coding, but you can run into problems depending on when the value of the constant is determined. These techniques and code samples will enable you to ...
InfoWorld

Inconstant Constants in Java

In their 2009 JavaOne presentation Return of the Puzzlers: Schlock and Awe (PDF), Joshua Bloch and Neal Gafter presented seven more puzzlers and extracted lessons learned from each of these puzzlers ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Best Practice: Declare Variables as Constants

In the bad old days, I only used constants as a way to assign names to values. Things like this, for example: Private Const DaysInWeek As Integer = 7 However, these days most of my variables are ...