I think this is it:
http://www.terrible.cx/tao/book/1
Good link!
Jeff Polaski
"The ant has made himself
illustrious
Through constant industry
industrious.
So what?
Would you be calm and placid
If you were full of formic acid?"
-- Ogden Nash
-----Original Message-----
From: Shawn Grover [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, June 14, 2002 12:10 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: Coldfusion Apps You've Built
This thread reminds me of "The Tao of Programming"... for those of you who
have been around long enough to have seen it.. <grins>
Anyone know a link to it? While it's meant to be humerous, there are some
points to ponder in there that relate to this conversation...
My thoughts...
Shawn Grover
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeffrey Polaski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, June 14, 2002 12:37 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: Coldfusion Apps You've Built
There are a bunch of apps that I would write differently, too. If there
weren't any, *then* there would be a *big* problem. It's important that you
keep learning and applying what you learn to how you do your job. That's one
of the reasons programming is considered a profession and not a craft
(although certainly there are a lot of craft-like aspects to programming).
It also goes beyond just technical skill. I put a lot more efforts into
communication. Things like writing better email, better comments, etc...
Lately I've been learning Scheme*, which is a very different language from
CF, but it's changed how I think about programming, and, as a result, how I
program. Now, I'm much more inclined to think about how I want to represent
the problem, and make a conscious decision about how I want to think about
the problem domain.
*I got through The Little Schemer, now I'm working on Scheme and the Art of
Programming, next is "Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programming".
SICP is considered by many to be the best book on programming ever written.
The full text is available on line: http://www-mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/.
Keep reading, and keep learning!
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-----Original Message-----
From: Phoeun Pha [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, June 14, 2002 10:31 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Coldfusion Apps You've Built
Hey guys, I'm 2 years in the CF game, and so far I've built a timesheet
program, and events administration, countless shopping carts, pharmacy
prescription app. But looking back at my code, it was verrrrrry baaaaddd!
Like I could think of a hundred places to do things differently, either form
CF or from the database design.
Obviously it was because of lack of experience
Was there anything that you guys have built for past clients that you now
know could have been coded better?
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