Re: Coding Standards - are there any ?
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texte = HiI am no expert when it comes to coding conventions etc but I figured I would throw in my 2 cents...At the moment I am trying to get myself into a more organised form of coding / site management and I would say that the more people that followed some form of standardised coding the better. I would disagree that if it makes sense to you then that is all you require because at the end of the day you are not guaranteed to go on to further code what has been done and someone else may have to pick up where you left off.If in the instance that you follow your own methods and ignore conventions, if documentation is provided explaining your methodology then at least another coder or even yourself taking on another project from some else would know what is going on. Unfortunately this doesn't always happen...The implementation of coding conventions is a wise idea as it would eliminate (although not totally as everyone has their tweaks) the need for documentation.At the end of the day, making sense to yourself is always a good thing but surely common sense (sensible naming of variables etc), some form of coding conventions and clear coding can go a long way to making life easier for all of us.Anyway... thats my contribution :-)Alanon 12/3/03 3:25 pm, Terry Wilson at terry@terryfic.com wrote:>> I don't know if that was totally helpful, but I think you get the idea. I >> prefer to name things >> according to what they are and what their function is. Kind of simplistic, >> but it keeps me sane. >> I've noticed that some folks like to prefix their form-variables with >> underscores >> (___FORM-VARIABLE-1), and things of that nature. I can see where it would be >> useful, but for me, >> it's a chore enough just to build some of this (to me) damn complex stuff, >> and the last thing I >> need is another sub-task to potentially confuse me. >> >> That said, to each their own, right? Ok back to work for me. Hope this >> helped. > > I totally totally totally agree. While I understand the logic of > using prefixes so people can use incoming formvariables then strip > away the first couple of characters, to me this just complicates the > task months after the fact when I look inside templates and have to > dig back to see what the hell is coming into the page that > formvariables is collecting. I rue the day I set up my main site with > these prefixes because I blindly followed conventions I saw being > used on the list. One of these days maybe I'll rewrite to make them > easier. WebCat is a roll-your-own thing; do what makes sense to YOU. > > Terry > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list
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HiI am no expert when it comes to coding conventions etc but I figured I would throw in my 2 cents...At the moment I am trying to get myself into a more organised form of coding / site management and I would say that the more people that followed some form of standardised coding the better. I would disagree that if it makes sense to you then that is all you require because at the end of the day you are not guaranteed to go on to further code what has been done and someone else may have to pick up where you left off.If in the instance that you follow your own methods and ignore conventions, if documentation is provided explaining your methodology then at least another coder or even yourself taking on another project from some else would know what is going on. Unfortunately this doesn't always happen...The implementation of coding conventions is a wise idea as it would eliminate (although not totally as everyone has their tweaks) the need for documentation.At the end of the day, making sense to yourself is always a good thing but surely common sense (sensible naming of variables etc), some form of coding conventions and clear coding can go a long way to making life easier for all of us.Anyway... thats my contribution :-)Alanon 12/3/03 3:25 pm, Terry Wilson at terry@terryfic.com wrote:>> I don't know if that was totally helpful, but I think you get the idea. I >> prefer to name things >> according to what they are and what their function is. Kind of simplistic, >> but it keeps me sane. >> I've noticed that some folks like to prefix their form-variables with >> underscores >> (___FORM-VARIABLE-1), and things of that nature. I can see where it would be >> useful, but for me, >> it's a chore enough just to build some of this (to me) damn complex stuff, >> and the last thing I >> need is another sub-task to potentially confuse me. >> >> That said, to each their own, right? Ok back to work for me. Hope this >> helped. > > I totally totally totally agree. While I understand the logic of > using prefixes so people can use incoming formvariables then strip > away the first couple of characters, to me this just complicates the > task months after the fact when I look inside templates and have to > dig back to see what the hell is coming into the page that > formvariables is collecting. I rue the day I set up my main site with > these prefixes because I blindly followed conventions I saw being > used on the list. One of these days maybe I'll rewrite to make them > easier. WebCat is a roll-your-own thing; do what makes sense to YOU. > > Terry > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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