On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 8:27 PM, Ken Dibble <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> Oh, everything I do is prone to error. :) It's just that with every rep > the error rate drops... a little. I'm usually really careful the first few times. Once I get to the hundred time, I tend to get sloppy. So, it's a tradeoff. If I can automate it, I can avoid whole classes of mistakes. Of course, it lets me make the other classes of mistakes faster and affect more files :) > Of course, not everything the Project Manager does is hook-able; it does > stuff with the file list before we get the first hook opportunity, and it > apparently also does other things with classloc fields behind the scenes. > So as I've tested my framework/project relocations, I've found that an ever > growing string of > >> Somebody ought to write a presentation... like http://www.tedroche.com/Present/1999/PjxHooks.html Likely needs updating. Too bad there's not a Hacker's Guide for VFP9 :( > >> > Yup. I've been bitten by subclassing when I should have composed many > times. > > I'm a big fan of YAGNI: > http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?**YouArentGonnaNeedIt<http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?YouArentGonnaNeedIt> > C2 has some great ideas. DRY is another. There have been a number of books and writings on good programming practices. Some of them are very good, nearly-universal principles. Some of them really only apply to a narrower slice of languages or applications. But it's always fun to explore the ideas, and bounce them off others here. Thanks for bringing up the discussion. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CACW6n4tGTmYxkQTYoAy=a6us5kwgqpeuznbslns53sjvikq...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
