In properly designed code you don't have 1500-line files. Now that I've made my ridiculous assertion can we please move on?
This is just silly, and there is no actual reason behind your assertion, merely an arrogant assertion that you know how everyone else's applications are written, and that you have - at long last - discovered a unifying theory in computer science. Tests are great, useful, and absolutely vital to modern development practice... but they are a poor substitute for documentation or debuggers. -- ~ Mike Stemle, Jr. On Feb 28, 2012, at 19:36, James Holmes <[email protected]> wrote: > > Those using comments to plan code probably don't have any tests. Tests are > essential to allow re-factoring with confidence; comments don't provide > that benefit. This is not a religious belief, it's something that can be > demonstrated the first time you want to maintain a 1500 line file and all > you have are comments. > > In TDD, the test is written first. It expresses the design for the code to > follow. When the code is then re-factored, it ensures the code still meets > the original design. > > -- > Shu Ha Ri: Agile and .NET blog > http://www.bifrost.com.au/ > > > On 29 February 2012 08:45, Michael Stemle <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> We are in disagreement. Some of us actually use comments as a way of >> planning and maintaining our code. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:350151 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
