Re: [BangPypers] refactoring

2010-12-06 Thread Sirtaj Singh Kang
On 12/6/2010 11:25 AM, Sriram Narayanan wrote: I sure hope that we don't dismiss the reading of such books just because every experienced programmer knows about refactoring. I apologize if I gave that impression. I think books like these provide programmers with a head start on techniques and

Re: [BangPypers] refactoring

2010-12-06 Thread Dhananjay Nene
On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 4:33 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves law...@au-kbc.org wrote: hi, I know that this has cropped up in a parallel thread, but anyway I would like a new thread on this. In a LUG list a ruby guy made a statement that 'No self respecting developer could function without having read

Re: [BangPypers] refactoring

2010-12-06 Thread Sidu Ponnappa
d. Refactoring without having test cases is a strong test for bravery. Usually I classify myself as timid in such situations and either write some tests or back off. Absolutely. I'd put myself into the same category. ___ BangPypers mailing list

Re: [BangPypers] Refactoring

2010-12-06 Thread Vijay Ramachandran
On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 11:35 AM, Anand Balachandran Pillai abpil...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry to follow up my post with another one, but here is an old link fro JOS related to this, which is still relevant. http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog69.html This post

Re: [BangPypers] Refactoring

2010-12-06 Thread Anand Balachandran Pillai
On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 9:41 PM, Vijay Ramachandran vijay...@gmail.comwrote: On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 11:35 AM, Anand Balachandran Pillai abpil...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry to follow up my post with another one, but here is an old link fro JOS related to this, which is still

Re: [BangPypers] refactoring

2010-12-06 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Mon, 2010-12-06 at 10:10 +0530, Sirtaj Singh Kang wrote: [dubious aside: remember this one? Please note that there is no deeper meaning to be read into the fact that I mistakenly pasted the quote twice. two hours of wasted time trying to figure out if you had refactored the quote --