See the book "The Pragmatic Programmer" by Andy Hunt and Dave Thomas for more on "evil wizards". The rest of the book is great, too, by the way. -Thomas
> -----Original Message----- > From: Wangjammer5 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 6:27 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Eap-features] EJB wizard > > > > > That's the general consensus here, except for the odd > netbeans/jbuilder > > reject who tries to turn IDEA into those bloated tools! (just > > kidding...mostly) > > Plus in my experience, wizards are great for newbies but in > the end you > always have to throw them away if you get into any kind of advanced > program or need to actually UNDERSTAND what you are doing ;-) > > I've seen so many "programmers" who can't do anything without their > wizards. It makes me fear for the quality of software all > over the world > :( > > ...one example - a guy was taking over from me on a > complicated and messy > Delphi contract (thankfully patching other peoples' Delphi is > in my past > now <g>) and I was showing him around the code during the cross-over > period. I was talking about the virtual methods used in some of the > classes... and he asked me what a virtual method was. I tried to > explain... but his eyes glazed over and I saw he didn't understand a > thing about OO. That software was doomed! I could see on his > CV that he > used Wizards and code helpers for everything (he mentioned > them all in > his CV) and warned the guys but did they listen? > > Cheers > > > > _______________________________________________ > Eap-features mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-features > ************************************ If this email is not intended for you, or you are not responsible for the delivery of this message to the addressee, please note that this message may contain ITT Privileged/Proprietary Information. In such a case, you may not copy or deliver this message to anyone. You should destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by reply email. Information contained in this message that does not relate to the business of ITT is neither endorsed by nor attributable to ITT. ************************************ _______________________________________________ Eap-features mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-features
