On Feb 9, 2007, at 9:12 AM, PRONZATO Cedric RD-BIZZ-GRE wrote:

A related problem is how to do "framework" components, I mean patterns. I think about my SMSC component, I base my code on the mail container and questions arised: - When do I have to make my own xml language (ie. MCA for the mail container)? - When do I have to make a Container? I guess the answer is if you have to manage the lifetime (create/release connections, ...).
 - When do I have to make an Engine?
 - ...

So I guess we can finish with the following statement: "How to *use* is quite well documented but how to *make* is a bit less".

Have you ever found such a document for anything?

My usual approach is generally something like:

1. understand everything that exists, or research anything that is unclear 2. write something manually a number of times so you know what is always the same, and what varies
3. see if a paramerized tool would be helpful
4. apply a significant amount of "genius"
5. apply even more "sweat" to try stuff
6. create an incredible tool or service or however it is best implemented

If there was a way to make creation deterministic, what would be the point of creativity?

-David

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