But first some news.
- Michael Smith, TeraTech, Inc http://www.teratech.com/
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Conference and training news
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* New hands on session Building your first FB application by Jeff Peters
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Now back to the interviews
Hal: So, Steve, I understand you're talking on Fusedocs.
Steve: Yes, I think Fusedocs may be the most underused aspect of FLiP.
Hal: Well, no one likes documentation.
Steve: I started off not liking it either. I couldn't see the point of it,
other than for "posterity". It's like those admonitions to "eat your
vegetables" or "be nice". It's hard to argue against, but it's even harder
to take seriously.
Hal: I remember we used to have long, passionate arguments about this.
Steve: Yes, when you first came up with these crazy things called Fusedocs,
I thought, "There's Crazy Hal" again.
Hal: It's nice to be held in high regard by one's peers...
Steve: But one day, I had a realization. You weren't talking about
documenting your code; you were talking about coding your documentation!
Hal: Exactly right, Steve.
Steve: A lot of people use Fusedocs simply to document the existing app,
which is OK, but writing them BEFORE the app gets written is where the power
is.
Hal: I think everyone's probably tired of hearing my story about my friend
from Boston who got a contract to develop a large, ecommerce site.
Steve: The one that had to be done in one month?
Hal: That's the one. When he asked me for help, I thought it was impossible,
especially since I was working on a huge project under a very tight
deadline, but we were able to do it using FLiP. We wrote the Fusedocs and
sent them off overseas. The coding took 48 hours and the job was successful.
Steve: That's what SecretAgents.com is based on: a well-architected
application that can be distributed to many developers, wherever they live.
And the secret behind SecretAgents is Fusedocing before you write the app.
Hal: Well, gee, now that we've told everyone about Fusedocs, why should
anyone come to the conference?
Steve: Because just knowing ABOUT them won't do anyone any good. And there
are a LOT of ways to screw Fusedocs up so that they just cost extra time,
but don't help out much.
Hal: Ah! So you're going to show people how to write good Fusedocs?
Steve: Yes, how to write Fusedocs that can enormously affect the speed and
quality of code that's written. I've got some great tools for helping with
Fusedocs. And Sandy Clark wrote tag completion files that plug into
HomeSite, Studio, or Dreamweaver to make writing Fusedocs really easy.
Hal: Maybe you can take this occasion of your talk to finally agree with me
on all the other stuff we've argued about? Sort of make a clean breast of it
in front of all the Fuseboxers?
Steve: Yeah, that's gonna happen. Everybody come to the conference so they
can see me reduce Hal to tears with the power of my argument!
Hal: I've often been reduced to tears in my attempts to follow your
arguments. There's only so much illogic a man can take.
Steve: Well, one thing we can agree on: Fusedocs rock when they're done
right.
Hal: Amen, brother.
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