RE: vb code?

One thing I'm now doing is keeping all my snippets in test.vb.  When a
snippet gets to working as intended, it gets copied into real code in
another file but then it gets commented out inside of test.vb.  Then I put
documentation lines describing what that snippet does above the snippet in
test.vb and rather than just use (') to start those documentation lines I
use ('').  That way I can tell real code from comments and I don't have to
use that line of stars convention to separate all of it!  When I don't know
how something will work as well as if something will work, I put it in
test.vb and do a compile run sequence on it and find out.  If it breaks, it
didn't harm my real code when that happened.
 


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Subject: Re: vb code?

Good points, and it really is about finding where you work best. I do my
best at rapid code generation with a combination of snipets, little helper
programs I've written, and a growing library of templates or starter code to
work from. I always make sure I can navigate my language's reference in an
efficient manner and use code straight out of the reference tweaked to fit
the program rather than typing it all from scratch again when possible. I
find this puts me in a similar, but not identical, position to someone
working with an IDE who already has a lot of their workspace defined for
them and still gives me the intimate understanding of my code that I think I
only get in a text edited environment. But whatever environment gets stuff
done for a particular individual is probably the one they should use. I just
had to say something after hearing of the IDE being declared as the end all,
must have programming environment, which I do not feel is the case. I don't
doubt that it could be the optimal environment for some minds and ways of
working though.

Jared

On 3/26/2009 7:20 PM, Ken Perry wrote: 

        
        Actually one thing about the IDE that if you're going to work in
multiple
        languages just cannot be done in anything else is the intelesense.
Once you
        get used to it there is no going back.  It gives you a leg up on
speed when
        I first learned c and c++ I had to memorize every little method in
every
        class and every function in every library.  That or have files and
files of
        reference texts that I could search through using grep.  When I took
up VB
        and C# in Visual Studio I didn't have to know anything about the
language
        and I very quickly could write software because the intelesence
pretty much
        popped up everything I needed as long as I knew something about
programming
        and could type my variable name and put a dot after it.  Not to
mention the
        fact that if your coding in an interface it creates all the method
stubs for
        you which really goes a long way in not letting you make a lot of
beginner
        typeos.
        
        So while I started out and still do code with out the IDE it sure is
nice to
        relax and let the IDE do a lot of the work when I can.
        
        Ken
        
        -----Original Message-----
        From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jared
Wright
        Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 7:48 PM
        To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        Subject: Re: vb code?
        
        Rick is certainly entitled to his thoughts on the issue, but for the

        sake of hearing the other side I'll say that I get along just fine 
        without the IDE. Now I'm sure the situations scale a little higher
than 
        the ones I'm in at the moment, but certainly I've done work on
fairly 
        complex, team-based software development projects using the .net 
        framework. It's all about finding the environment that is
comfortable to 
        your personal nuances and habits, I think. The IDE may be an option
for 
        some, but I must disagree with its being a necessity.
        
        Jared
        
        On 3/26/2009 1:57 PM, Ricks Place wrote:
          

                Hi Alex:
                Did you set up your IDE for working with a Screen Reader and
make use 
                of the JAWS Scripts?
                If you are going to do any real programming you will need to
work in 
                an IDE. There is just too much complexity and too many lines
of code 
                to work in a Text Editor  for anything but a small demo
project.
                How are you going to handle any Interop or SDK technicals?
What about 
                DataBase, DataSets and Forms or Pages if you want to work on
the net?
                Are you going to wire up all the web.config or app.config
settings by 
                hand?
                If you want to play around a little your plan is fine. If
you are 
                going to work on any real projects or do any work at an
educational 
                institution you need to learn how to make the IDE work to
your 
                satisfaction. That can be done.
                Rick USA
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