On Mon, Aug 25, 2003 at 06:08:05PM -0400, Paul Kraus wrote: > Why do you guys do when designing a software? Do your write out pseudo > code and then flow chart it?
I thought Perl was just executable pseudo code. And flow charts? I haven't seen one of those for twenty years :-) > What do you do to keep track of notes and ideas and project information. > > I am literally swamped with projects ranging from perl to BASIC to tbred > script development and I am getting messed up keeping everything > straight. I have about 20 different projects going right now and its > hard to remember where left off and on what. I am using Outlook tasks to > try and manage this buts a pain in the ass. I bet it's hard. There's no way you can work on the development of twenty projects simultaneously. Really, this is your problem. If you can cut that number down to two, or at most three, but ideally one, then you won't need software to remember what you were doing for you. With twenty projects they are getting an average of 2 hours a week maximum, I would assume (though I'm sure you don't work on all twenty each week). That's not enough time to get up to speed, let alone do anything productive. It's the human equivalent of thrashing. If you want to actually get any work done you have to concentrate on a particular project for a while. That way you will get through the twenty much quicker. You might like to take a look at some of the ideas from XP (that's extreme programming). Type that into google and poke around for a bit. They have some interesting ideas on these topics. Things that many people have been doing for years, but are now becoming formalised and recognised (by some) as good practice. -- Paul Johnson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pjcj.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
