Its frustrating. Requirements and Specification docs? Use Cases? I suspect that they are mythical at times at least for this project.
If we spend the time doing proper design and create class and sequence diagrams, I think that you cut the overall effort by a third. Frequently you end up catching problems at a very early stage. And a while down the line if someone else takes over the project they can be brought up to speed much more quickly. If something goes wrong its much easier to fix than to poke about throughout the site trying to figure out what files go with what switch case (did I mention there are nested includes of includes - 3 or 4 levels deep) etc., etc. It seems that what I'm doing is the equivalent of diagnosing a sick black beast by looking at it from a keyhole into a dark room and poking it with a small stick. Ideally I'd just like to ripe the entire thing apart and start from scratch. On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 11:54 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox <zaph0d.b33bl3b...@gmail.com> wrote: > > My supervisor likes to release it quick, "...Then we've got the project done > and we go into maintenance mode" > > it kills me just a little each time I hear him say that. > > > On Jun 2, 2010, at 10:46 AM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > >> >> "Agreed. This wasn't. You had display in act files, queries in display >> files, no qry files. That and other ruffles and flourishes make the entire >> thing a spaghetti code monster. Over 600 files of spaghetti code all mashed >> together. What fun." >> >> Let's just hope that they give you time to do it right. When I am involved >> in rewrites, there always seems to a big rush to move it out. >> >> How's the old saying go? Something like: "*There's never enough time to do >> it right*, *but there's always enough time to do it over"* >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:320031 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
