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Post #21,572
by static
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12/15/01 1:10:47 AM
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New You mean it's less of an issue.
I am currently employed doing PHP programming for a HTTP application. The code is actually fairly modular, but in only two weeks I have lost track of the times I've had to modify or extend some other module whilst working on two other (related) things at once and then had to repair some slight breakage because of my lower-level repair. Thank God for GNU screen and split windows in vim! :-)

Wade.

"All around me are nothing but fakes
Come with me on the biggest fake of all!"
Post #21,583
by admin
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12/15/01 9:36:28 AM
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New How to make it even less of an issue.
Write your unit/regression testing for everything as you go.

When you make any change, run all the tests. Either a previous test will catch some breakage (most of the time), or you will find some new interesting border-condition breakage (write a new test to cover that too), or nothing will have broken at all.

This kind of testing methodology makes even large-scale system changes very impact-free.
Regards,

-scott anderson
     Giant Question: who is competent in IT ??? - (Ashton) - (38) - Dec. 11, 2001, 09:03:23 PM EST
         Looks like I found me a new line of work. - (nking) - Dec. 11, 2001, 09:30:49 PM EST
         We had that debate circa 1990 in Alaska - (boxley) - (2) - Dec. 11, 2001, 09:38:48 PM EST
             NJ tried that with programmers, I think -NT - (tjsinclair) - Dec. 12, 2001, 12:13:27 AM EST
             Too many political issues - (nking) - Dec. 12, 2001, 02:01:40 PM EST
         *giggle* Nice connundrum! - (jb4) - Dec. 12, 2001, 02:19:30 PM EST
         The answer is obvious . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (32) - Dec. 12, 2001, 04:02:02 PM EST
             So I tell my students... - (tjsinclair) - (30) - Dec. 12, 2001, 04:25:53 PM EST
                 Re: So I tell my students... - (wharris2) - (29) - Dec. 13, 2001, 12:01:06 AM EST
                     Thanks! - (tjsinclair) - (28) - Dec. 13, 2001, 04:02:36 PM EST
                         Where to look things up - (wharris2) - (27) - Dec. 13, 2001, 10:36:06 PM EST
                             The three hardest things to teach - (tjsinclair) - (24) - Dec. 14, 2001, 01:20:29 AM EST
                                 There's a fourth and a fifth. - (static) - (7) - Dec. 14, 2001, 01:31:44 AM EST
                                     Good ones! -NT - (tjsinclair) - Dec. 14, 2001, 10:07:48 AM EST
                                     Code modularity - (wharris2) - (2) - Dec. 14, 2001, 12:07:03 PM EST
                                         Oh, aye. - (static) - (1) - Dec. 15, 2001, 01:14:54 AM EST
                                             Oh sigh - (wharris2) - Dec. 15, 2001, 04:34:56 AM EST
                                     Well, if you do "5" right, "4" isn't so much of an issue - (drewk) - (2) - Dec. 14, 2001, 01:09:08 PM EST
                                         You mean it's less of an issue. - (static) - (1) - Dec. 15, 2001, 01:10:47 AM EST
                                             How to make it even less of an issue. - (admin) - Dec. 15, 2001, 09:36:28 AM EST
                                 that's pretty crappy - (SpiceWare) - (14) - Dec. 14, 2001, 10:47:11 AM EST
                                     When you get stuck... - (kmself) - (10) - Dec. 14, 2001, 04:21:29 PM EST
                                         I think she's her own worst enemy - (tjsinclair) - (2) - Dec. 14, 2001, 05:45:48 PM EST
                                             Is it typical youth response? - (wharris2) - (1) - Dec. 14, 2001, 06:52:22 PM EST
                                                 Well... - (tjsinclair) - Dec. 15, 2001, 09:03:52 AM EST
                                         Exactly. I only got to do this once... - (ben_tilly) - (6) - Dec. 15, 2001, 11:56:05 PM EST
                                             ::chuckle:: - (Ric Locke) - (5) - Dec. 16, 2001, 10:09:50 AM EST
                                                 Hmmm... - (tjsinclair) - (1) - Dec. 16, 2001, 10:26:44 AM EST
                                                     Watch it. That law isn't commutative :-) -NT - (Ric Locke) - Dec. 16, 2001, 10:36:13 AM EST
                                                 Not necessarily true. - (inthane-chan) - Dec. 17, 2001, 11:45:57 AM EST
                                                 Depends on the student - (drewk) - Dec. 17, 2001, 01:22:28 PM EST
                                                 That depends - (ben_tilly) - Dec. 17, 2001, 01:25:01 PM EST
                                     Actually... - (tjsinclair) - (2) - Dec. 14, 2001, 05:42:17 PM EST
                                         Bryce's sister? -NT - (jb4) - (1) - Dec. 17, 2001, 09:05:18 AM EST
                                             Mmmmmmaybe... - (tjsinclair) - Dec. 17, 2001, 09:47:44 AM EST
                                 Code Complete, Ch. 32 - (kmself) - Dec. 14, 2001, 04:25:16 PM EST
                             Re: Where to look things up - (lister) - (1) - Dec. 14, 2001, 11:50:04 AM EST
                                 Same here - (SpiceWare) - Dec. 14, 2001, 02:41:32 PM EST
             Re: The answer is obvious . . yes, it is. - (Ashton) - Dec. 13, 2001, 05:52:42 PM EST

Wow. I am just. Wow. Un-. Wow. You'd think...Nah. Wow.
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