On 09/03/2011 06:10, Brad Roberts wrote:
Personally, I spend_way_ more time reading code (mine or other peoples) than I spend writing code. Ignoring time, I also read far more lines/files/whatever code than I write. I suspect these things are going to vary highly from person to person and from job role to job role. Those that primarily produce new applications, tools, websites, etc and do little maintenance programming will be the polar opposite.
Me too, I also spend a lot of time reading and trying to understand code, especially when working with Eclipse, which is a huge code base. But I do it inside the IDE.
I didn't mean reading in any kind of situation, but only minute ones when tools are not available. Like reading a book, reading a online guide/tutorial/snippet, etc..
-- Bruno Medeiros - Software Engineer
