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  • RE: No Compelling Reason

    jhadden (9/19/2014)


    Every place I've ever worked has an irrational aversion to in-place upgrades. So the alternative is to prop up a new server / instance and migrate databases and redirect...

  • RE: No Compelling Reason

    The two biggest issues that I have repeatedly come across are:

    • Finding an appropriate maintenance window (as just mentioned).
    • Cost of regression testing (to ensure that there are no breaks in applications...

  • RE: The 10 (.5) Commandments for IT Professionals

    This is rapidly turning into a top 100!!!

  • RE: The 10 (.5) Commandments for IT Professionals

    SimonHolzman (9/18/2014)


    Gary Varga (9/18/2014)


    Ah!!! I read each in turn assuming that the numbering was sequential from the first one I saw (1) until the final one (10) and paid little...

  • RE: The 10 (.5) Commandments for IT Professionals

    OCTom (9/18/2014)


    I only have a couple of issues:

    3. Documentation in code... So, if a non-programmer needs to know what's going on and does not have access to the code,...

  • RE: The 10 (.5) Commandments for IT Professionals

    colin.counsell (9/18/2014)


    He wanted to make the analogy to the biblical '10 commandments' but he actually had 11 points to make, so squeezed another one in as 5a.

    I don't think it's...

  • RE: The 10 (.5) Commandments for IT Professionals

    I am being slow today as I still don't get the .5 in the editorial title.

  • RE: The 10 (.5) Commandments for IT Professionals

    I was in a Graphics lecture at university a couple of decades ago when the lecturer (who always wore two ties at once - nobody found out why) wrote on...

  • RE: A Dearth of Comments

    Miles Neale (9/17/2014)


    Gary Varga (9/17/2014)


    The following are a few principles that I try to follow:

    Gaz - mind if I add one?

    Document any updates, additions, or other modifications to the code...

  • RE: A Dearth of Comments

    FunkyDexter (9/17/2014)


    ...One criticism I would make of this aproach - it can lead to lots of small methods...

    ...and how does that work with TDD?

  • RE: A Dearth of Comments

    Fair comment FunkyDexter.

    It would be interesting to see how realistically maintainable software is after a decade of changes.

    I don't say this from a for or against viewpoint but solely as...

  • RE: A Dearth of Comments

    FunkyDexter (9/17/2014)


    ...Jeff Atwood wrote a really good blog article [/url]about this a few years back...

    ...and the example fails either due to the lack of a comment OR proper naming. The...

  • RE: A Dearth of Comments

    crussell-931424 (9/17/2014)


    ...also some of the comments here are so huge, bigger than the original article, that I didn't bother reading them. Sometimes less is more.

    Yep 😉

  • RE: Swallowing the Camel

    I hear you Miles. If you listen carefully you might be able to hear these people:

    "Wah. Wah. It should all just automatically work. Wah Wah."

    Lazy.

  • RE: A Dearth of Comments

    The following are a few principles that I try to follow:

    • Everything needs documenting.
    • It is better to document as part of an artifact where possible e.g. inline.
    • Documentation is for the reader.
    • Document...

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