Brian Kotek wrote: > I mean, I could say the best methodology is the > "build the best application" methodology. There are no > repeatable steps to this methodology, no way to document it in a > way that someone else can use. But when you use it and you do it > right, whooeee the results are amazing!
Brian: Not to try and get you back into the thread here 8^), but there are numerous methodologies/frameworks/paradigms/etc. out there, for any number of languages, that consistently produce successful products. Of course, those same methodologies/frameworks/paradigms/etc. can also consistently create dreck. I think the key is not so much in the methodologies/frameworks/paradigms/etc. as it is in the preparations made prior to the actual development of the code. In my experience, which includes long stretches of time at "programming shops" as well as technology consultancies, the most successful projects and products have been those in which a significant amount of time was spent, prior to actual coding, in developing the concept of the final product, the details of inner and outer workings, the documents supporting these details, solid planning (including time for unforeseeables), solid programming, peer review/oversight/auditing/whatever, testing, and more. Whether or not all of this was wrapped into Framework X, Methodology Y, or Paradigm Z was of very little import if all of the other factors were not there. I think that, in general, any standard, whether standardized at the individual; organization, or community at large, can be beneficial. But it tends to be only a small part of the larger process. Frameworks are great for taking care of core functionalities, methodologies are great for explaining how things should be done, and "paradigm" is a horrible word that should never have found its way into our lexicon but no matter what you use, or even if you don't use anything at all, if you don't have a solid pre- and post- coding process, you're still not going to produce a successful product. -- Mosh Teitelbaum evoch, LLC Tel: (301) 942-5378 Fax: (301) 933-3651 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.evoch.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
