Universitys usually dont give a shit, so go for the benefits if you don't mind the extra hours traveling, maybe it will even open some doors for you. In the end both will look good in your cv.

showering without music sucks, but man, youtube before bed? give your brain at least half an hour to calm down when you go to sleep. no media (except books) and you'll be sleeping like baby. maybe it's not the worst thing to happen to you :)

nah, calling bullshit on this one. that's something parents tell their kids to scare them :)

is this a custom view or some kind of var_dump formatting plugin for the browser? looks kind of handy

In case the drivers fuck up, there's still the command line ;)

why is it so hard to understand, that choosing an ide is just a matter of personal preferences and project context? if it helps doing the job efficiently, its a valid choice.

p.s.: i don't like eclipse either

Swagger is pretty neat, there is even a laravel package for it, called swaggervel. but haven't tried it myself yet.

@arantr
true, but what other options are out there? usually i prefer json for data exchange and configuration as long as the data is not too large and complicated. transforming json to xml is also a trivial task, in most cases.

whats wrong with xml?
as long as you have the schema and a decent text editor with auto-completion and code folding, it's pretty straight forward. also bonus points for zen coding.

Looks nice, did you use any php/js frameworks?

Maybe you can try to add multiple lists and make them shareable between users. imagine a family organizing their household as a use case, but everyone still wants to manage their private lists as well.

without any information, this doesn't really make sense. there are tons of cms out there, hard to say which will suit your needs or meet your preferences. also nodejs hasn't got anything to do with it, except that you can use a cms build upon node, if you want to.

charsequence is an interface, so it doesnt necessarily implement the toString method. cant you just use a string instead? it implements the charsequence interface

A String is a char sequence, but there are also others like stringbuffer. just use charseq.toString()

Also i guess this is a begginers course? They usually start with something like this as robots are supposed to be a fun way to get into programming. If that's the case, what did you expect? Also the tutors wont be too strict with you and your team, as they are used to this, or should be.

+1 @qbalsdon The lesson here is more about how to work with a random team and still get project done. Take it as a chance to practice being a leader. Try to Judge the others abilities and give them task, they can handle, while you take care of the more difficult tasks. But the biggest problem in the end won't be their lack of skill but rather their lack of commitment.

i guess its easier to follow butts than brains

How much you gave to know about it, really depends on the kind of development youre doing. Its good to know that a pc isnt some kind of black box in which you yell your commands and a tiny wizard does his magic. that's how clients think it works. you can be an amazing database developer (for example) without having a clue how a flipflop works. also nobody has the time to learn everything, you need to specialise ar some point.

Php is good, if you want quick results, as it is one of the easiest languages to start with. I wouldn't use it, if you want to learn solid principles and good coding style, as there are many flaws to it, you have to know about. Otherwise you will make mistakes.

Really taking the advantages of a framework needs time, as most are quite complex and need some hours to weeks to learn. If you do, you cam accomplish a lot faster while writing better code (in theory). On the other hand writing everything by hand gives you a better understanding of whats going on under the hood. I'd recommend choosing one framework and sticking to it helps getting projects done, but for personal side projects, creating everything yourself and learning from the mistakes and problems helps you to become a better dev and makes working with frameworks easier. You still need to understand a lot about software architecture and patterns tho...