When you first design and implement some module, a
lot of time is involved in cycling between "ok, I
know what to do" and "huh, maybe not". I've found
this crucial, esp. in team work, in order to gain
a good conception of the scope of the task. Also,
many external issues, e.g. how the module interacts
with the system, efficiency, etc. that aren't pure
functional issues, are first grappled with here.
Refactoring is different from this, in that you're
probably very comfortable with the "state of mind"
of the code. Instead of creating, you'll be
clarifying. So, most of the refactoring is in
your head (99%). All the external issues have been
addressed before (or else this probably isn't really
refactoring), so just work at a white board with
your team until writing the code will basically
be transcription (1%).
I've found this to yield the best code.
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When you first design and implement some module, a
lot of time is involved in cycling between "ok, I
know what to do" and "huh, maybe not". I've found
this crucial, esp. in team work, in order to gain
a good conception of the scope of the task. Also,
many external issues, e.g. how the module interacts
with the system, efficiency, etc. that aren't pure
functional issues, are first grappled with here.
Refactoring is different from this, in that you're
probably very comfortable with the "state of mind"
of the code. Instead of creating, you'll be
clarifying. So, most of the refactoring is in
your head (99%). All the external issues have been
addressed before (or else this probably isn't really
refactoring), so just work at a white board with
your team until writing the code will basically
be transcription (1%).
I've found this to yield the best code.
i was just checking out a bill at senate.gov because c-span2 is covering a debate about it. There wasn't any slashcode there for public debate.. but there could be. Then, folks would just have to take part in the discussions there.