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What about the code you leave behind? trønderen29-Apr-22 15:44 trønderen 29-Apr-22 15:44  Seen from the other side: You are the one handing your code over to someone else, maybe a junior programmer. What became of that software? Did it really prosper and grow, once someone else took it over? I cannot think of a single case where someone taking over my code has caused any positive flourishing. Maybe that is because I have left the software at its peak, right before it plunged into obsoletion. (Or maybe slightly after the start of that plunge ) You can hope for anything you want agolddog29-Apr-22 3:55 agolddog 29-Apr-22 3:55  However, reality has shown me that most inherited code is neither well-considered, nor documented in any way. Re: You can hope for anything you want trønderen29-Apr-22 15:47 trønderen 29-Apr-22 15:47  Isn't that the same with all sorts of intellectual works? I know a lot of books that I would have written in a different way, music I would have composed differently, and movies where I would have instructed the actors to behave or speak in other ways than the creator selected. At a minimum... Andreas Mertens29-Apr-22 3:20 Andreas Mertens 29-Apr-22 3:20  ...that when I load it in Visual Studio or whatever IDE is appropriate, that it will at least run... Too often I have had to work on an app or service, and when I check it out and open in VS, it won't run. Currently I have one such project where I have spent two days reconfiguring it to run in a DEV environment, and even then there are parts (the ones I have to work on) that just don't work... The freedom to rewrite it all decaffeinatedMonkey29-Apr-22 2:05 decaffeinatedMonkey 29-Apr-22 2:05  With today's vast amount of resources and tooling, one can probably rewrite the app faster than trying to understand the the magic that gave it life. All one needs is decent one line requirements. Re: The freedom to rewrite it all honey the codewitch30-Apr-22 2:06 honey the codewitch 30-Apr-22 2:06  I'm with you here, at least for a lot of projects. It's still quicker even if you have to divine the technical requirements from the source code, IMO. Not for enterprise projects, of course. Still I write code very quickly, I'm told. Maybe that's why I feel like this approach plays to my strengths. That and to be honest, I usually dislike other people's code. It's not that I even find it Bad(TM), but often the API isn't exposed how I like, and I abhor extra layers that just thunk one interface into another. Well designed API surface areas are a specialty of mine, but that makes me very picky. To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters. 6 years of using Entity Framework maze328-Apr-22 22:27 maze3 28-Apr-22 22:27  change companies and they use Dapper. something new to learn and relearn how sql works Re: 6 years of using Entity Framework Slacker00729-Apr-22 10:04 Slacker007 29-Apr-22 10:04  I like Dapper, a lot. I use it as much as possible when I can. EF is fine but for a lot of scenarios, it is way overkill. These links are very helpful. dapper plus is an extension to dapper for mapping and bulk inserts Dapper Plus[^] Welcome To Learn Dapper ORM - C# Dapper Tutorial | Learn Dapper[^] I don't want the phone number, I want the address Jörgen Andersson28-Apr-22 20:28 Jörgen Andersson 28-Apr-22 20:28  <edit> What Nelek wrote </edit> Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello modified 29-Apr-22 2:34am. Re: I don't want the phone number, I want the address CodeZombie6229-Apr-22 1:55 CodeZombie62 29-Apr-22 1:55  In my experience having the phone number of the original developer would be totally useless. First, they probably won’t remember much of what they did. And second, if it’s like most of the code I’ve gotten to maintain over the years, so many other people have modified it to the point that there’s no way the original dev would even recognize it if they did see it. Hope that the worst does not happen Bernhard Hiller28-Apr-22 20:18 Bernhard Hiller 28-Apr-22 20:18  After many years in software development, I know that virtually any point of the options is a mere dream. Hence I picked the worst case, and hope that it does not happen... Oh sanctissimi Wilhelmus, Theodorus, et Fredericus! "Clear, clean, well-written code that's self explanatory " charlieg28-Apr-22 10:31 charlieg 28-Apr-22 10:31  here, hold my beer. Charlie Gilley “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759 Has never been more appropriate. Re: "Clear, clean, well-written code that's self explanatory " Slacker00728-Apr-22 10:40 Slacker007 28-Apr-22 10:40  I voted for this survey option. However, I have never had the pleasure in real life, only in my day dreams. Re: "Clear, clean, well-written code that's self explanatory " charlieg28-Apr-22 10:55 charlieg 28-Apr-22 10:55  me too. Charlie Gilley “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759 Has never been more appropriate. Re: "Clear, clean, well-written code that's self explanatory " Daniel Pfeffer28-Apr-22 23:43 Daniel Pfeffer 28-Apr-22 23:43  You are asking for what never was, and never shall be. Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W. Re: "Clear, clean, well-written code that's self explanatory " jochance29-Apr-22 4:50 jochance 29-Apr-22 4:50  The crusade against comments maybe went a bit far considering itself is meta commentary. Pick 2 Mike Hankey28-Apr-22 10:23 Mike Hankey 28-Apr-22 10:23  Well written. Well Documented. No problems. The less you need, the more you have. Even a blind squirrel gets a nut...occasionally. JaxCoder.com up for the challenge buttttttttt rnbergren28-Apr-22 10:03 rnbergren 28-Apr-22 10:03  was in this situation about 2 years ago. interesting to say the least. hoping against H E double toothpicks that the person has some sort of logical brain. If that is the case. Away you go. If not. welll perhaps you can drown your sorrows in vodka. To err is human to really elephant it up you need a computer I don't care, I take it as a challenge ... 0x01AA28-Apr-22 8:50 0x01AA 28-Apr-22 8:50  ... it is similar to solve something like a.) CCC on CP b.) Sudoku c.) Wordle d.) Migrating fortran code modified 28-Apr-22 14:58pm. I don't hope for anything because my expectations are so low. Marc Clifton28-Apr-22 7:34 Marc Clifton 28-Apr-22 7:34  Latest Article: Create a Digital Ocean Droplet for .NET Core Web API with a real SSL Certificate on a Domain Preferably not spaghetti code Amarnath S28-Apr-22 6:45 Amarnath S 28-Apr-22 6:45  Re: Preferably not spaghetti code Slacker00728-Apr-22 10:29 Slacker007 28-Apr-22 10:29  I don't mind a good Ragu with my spaghetti code. Makes it more palatable. This should be multiple choice The Other John Ingram28-Apr-22 6:19 The Other John Ingram 28-Apr-22 6:19  I have been in situations where i needed some or had some of the good/bad and ugly of someone else's code. I agree that the phone number is worthless because the author is most likely gone or not willing to help. None of the above PIEBALDconsult28-Apr-22 2:24 PIEBALDconsult 28-Apr-22 2:24  I never needed any of those. At worst, once I had to find and fix a bug in a Python program (I don't know Python) and I was able to do so with a bit of online help. Re: None of the above Cpichols29-Apr-22 1:23 Cpichols 29-Apr-22 1:23  Same, but I hate security issues, so I picked that

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