So what do you do ten years later when nobody on the team was there when the code was written?
-- ~ Mike Stemle, Jr. On Feb 29, 2012, at 18:25, James Holmes <[email protected]> wrote: > > This is why we pair program. Eventually everyone on the team has seen each > bit of code in the app (or at least most of it) and when new people come > along they get to sit with someone who knows the app well and can reinforce > the design expressed in the tests. Regardless of skill level they can then > maintain the app, because face to face communication works better than > written documentation. > > -- > Shu Ha Ri: Agile and .NET blog > http://www.bifrost.com.au/ > > > On 1 March 2012 00:41, Bryan Stevenson <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> Bingo Steve...well said! >> >> On Wed, 2012-02-29 at 08:25 -0500, Steve 'Cutter' Blades wrote: >> >>> Beautiful sentiment, *if* you didn't inherit a 3500 template legacy >>> application originally written on CF 4. >>> >>> Both (comments and TDD) have their place. Fact is, what is simple and >>> clear and second nature for me is Greek to a noob, and I train those all >>> of the time. Comments are for those who come behind, remembering that >>> not all of them share my level of skill (or my preconceptions of what is >>> right and wrong to do). >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:350175 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
