Code Complete talks about this. And many other things.
The main obstacle is getting people to actually READ it. (And after that, to try to APPLY it.) Cheers, Ben On 4/4/06, Tolkin, Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thank you Charlie. That is the idea I am trying to get across. Do you > have any suggestions about how to get developers to see the benefits of > writing programs this way? Any specific books, techniques, etc.? Any > pitfalls to be aware of? > > Thanks, > Steve > -- > Steve Tolkin Steve . Tolkin at FMR dot COM 508-787-9006 > Fidelity Investments 82 Devonshire St. M3L Boston MA 02109 > There is nothing so practical as a good theory. Comments are by me, > not Fidelity Investments, its subsidiaries or affiliates. > > > Steve > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Charlie Reitzel > Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 9:18 AM > To: boston-pm@mail.pm.org > Subject: Re: [Boston.pm] Put similarities in code and differences in > data > > > Not really. I believe it is intended to mean "data driven programming" > as > Jeremy mentioned earlier. To me, data driven programming means "use > lotsa > lookup tables, the contents of which are user tweakable". As simple as > it > sounds, it can be an effective technique to let you quickly adapt a > system > as requirements "evolve" - without code changes. > > Having found this hammer early in my programming career, I find a great > many nails. Early days in any new design are spent setting up a "lookup > > table" table, along with utility routines for reporting, validation, UI > picking values (one or several), etc. > > It may be a use case, but I don't think this is quite the same thing as > the > subject of this thread which, as Uri says, is a general approach to > analysis. > > At 09:00 AM 4/4/2006 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >hi > > > >( 06.04.04 08:46 -0400 ) Tolkin, Steve: > > > The difference is that I am trying to find a quote that focuses on > the > > > benefits of using data in a special way, as "control data", to > determine > > > the specific execution path taken by the code. > > > >um, isn't this the scientific method? > > > >-- > >\js oblique strategy: how would you have done it? > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Boston-pm mailing list > >Boston-pm@mail.pm.org > >http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm > > > _______________________________________________ > Boston-pm mailing list > Boston-pm@mail.pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm > > _______________________________________________ > Boston-pm mailing list > Boston-pm@mail.pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm > _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list Boston-pm@mail.pm.org http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
