Coming in late... For bread-and-butter code, B.
For software development, A. But, really, my response is C. Dar > On Apr 23, 2019, at 5:01 PM, Alex Tweedly via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Hi folks, > > I'm building a library (which I plan to release as Open Source), and I'm > having trouble trying to decide which approach to take with default values. > > The library is to produce XY graphs (charts). An app which is using it will > provide one or more sets of data to be plotted. The app can also *optionally* > provide additional parameters, such as > > - display tick-marks on each axis > > - display grid lines along each axis > > - label the ticks / grids (e.g. display label every 5 ticks) > > etc. > > Without going into each one of them, there is an overall "phlosophy" chioce > > A - should the default be that the produced graph be simple (e.g. no ticks, > no labels, etc.) > > or > > B - should the default be to try to find reasonable / possible values (e.g. > set a value for ticks such that they appear, say, more than 10 pixels apart, > but less than 100 pixels apart; that you label every 2nd-5th tick, ...) > > A is appealing because it means that the library isn't making guesses, often > dumb guesses, on your behalf; you see a blank, sparse graph, and can then, as > app developer, provide additional parameters to supply info you think will > help. But it is unappealing because the graphs are just *so* empty by default. > > B is appealing because it feels like it is being helpful, and will (try to) > produce a reasonable looking graph as best it can. > > > So - I'd welcome any suggestions, comments, design philosophy ideas ? > > Thanks > > Alex. > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
