On Tuesday, August 5, 2003, at 08:29 PM, Steve Gehlbach wrote:
Ha Ha! I knew this could be a touchy subject. IMHO, this is progress. It indicates to me reaching a point where you have organized the problem or solution better, probably reduced much code to subroutines or methods, simplified the solution in a more elegant manner. It could of course mean you completely misunderstood the problem and had to start over, but I will give you the benefit of the doubt.
I can imagine either happening and it might be hard to tell the difference. I usually give me the benefit of the doubt, too.
I've been pondering creation in Revolution and I think many creators cannot be assessed as some programmers. Some spend a lot of time on molding and remolding the clay. Some end up with very good but hard to quantify GUI designs. Some get there through a circuitous route of trial and error. For some a project is an art project.
Even in my programming in Revolution, even when making a script library (a task more like other programming), I tend to create a series of notes and test cards along the way to test functions and handlers. By the end of the stack I have several tiny test apps. To complicate this, these borrow logging fields and other objects from other projects. The medium has affected how I document and how I test.
Many years ago I was on a small team of six or seven developing with Forth. Though that worked very well, we would joke that Forth was suitable for teams of up to one person. Though I know very well that Revolution projects can work with many people, some kinds of projects and some kinds of people make for small teams, sometimes teams of up to one person.
Project management, including team management, may have to adapt to the medium.
Dar Scott
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