Scott Hill wrote:
Shouldn't we really be looking at the results of his code? It's
difficult for me to judge a person based on their code. I mean, if it
works, isn't that enough? As a C++ programmer, my performance is
judged by whether the program I wrote works and follows specs and is
done on time (or within a reasonable time period). The people who
control my financial destiny here at work could give a bleep less what
my code looks like or how it is organized. With PHP shouldn't we be
looking at the web site or web app to determine whether or not it is
good? I know it's different if you are on the unpleasant end of
cleaning up someone else's mess but since most programmers evolve and
improve with time, it seems that we should give everyone the benefit
of the doubt. I would hate to have to even look at code that I wrote
20 years ago (the computer systems that ran that code don't even exist
any more). It would probably look like crap to me now. However,
since I am still gainfully employed, I have to assume that none of the
employers I have worked for (including myself) ever took that old code
into consideration. Like I said, it's very frustrating to have to
work with code that we're "not used to". But we can look forward with
the hope that they have improved even if the improvement is only in
their own minds
I agree for the most part, I myself hate looking at my old code as well,
but you also gotta remember that how the code looks/is written will
affect the outcome/security/speed of the result. If the guy doesn't
understand that sub-eclipse is not a version control system, then I
highly doubt he has anything let alone 40 things to describe a lousy
programmer, I would define anybody who tells you not to overuse oop, but
in the same breathe tells you to use abstract/interfaces whenever you
can fit them in, as a lousy programmer, I myself have done many sites,
and very rarely use abstract and interfaces...
IMHO
--
Sean Thayne,
Exit12
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