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QuestionWhat a Developer Needs ? Pin
jk chan18-Sep-04 2:11
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Al Gardner10-Oct-04 23:02
Al Gardner10-Oct-04 23:02 
The ideal programmer,

- Needs to play with things, to see how they work and produce a RAD prototype as proof of concept
- Needs discipline, to take what they have just worked on and throw it away, learning from its lessons but not taking its structure forward.
- Needs to think the entire design through, not just start coding. Produce a design that covers everything for the version one product and provides support for future enhancements.
- Needs a thick skin, to take criticism as people pick holes in the design.
- Needs to avoid a big ego, so that good suggestions made by other people, are integrated into the project in place of your own.
- Needs to consider reuse. "Has somebody already done something that I can use, Or can I make this slightly bigger so I can reuse it in the future"
- Needs to work as part of a team, so that they communicate what they are doing not just stick their head in the sandbox. Try and keep abreast of what others are doing. You might find some of your work overlaps with other team members and both of you can benefit.
- Needs to test everything. At least three times. Pick stuff that should work, stuff that shouldn't work and something else for good luck.
- Needs to understand that the GoalPosts will have moved. e.g. The User/Client has specced v1.0. We spend 6 months writing v1. The user now wants v2 / v1 doesn't have anywhere near the functionality the user needs. We still release v1.
- Needs to constantly keep re-evaluating the design and the product, to see of any of the above can be utilised.

The Real world Programmer,
- Needs to understand deadlines. They can't have time to program for reuse, but they can reuse others work. They tend to keep their head down while working busily, concentrating on their own problems.
- Wants the best software release they can. They will often raise issues when v1 is released and it wont meet the users real needs, although it meets the specification.

Anyone else anymore?
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Gammill11-Oct-04 10:46
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GeneralHELP!!! chat & file transfer program via rs232 using any programming language Pin
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Anonymous17-Sep-04 14:14
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Generaltreeview and MDI child form focus Pin
juniorProg16-Sep-04 0:50
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GeneralParallel port data input using data lines Pin
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GeneralAdding, Replacing and Deleting Fields of a database in VB Pin
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GeneralGraduation Project Need Help Pin
Anonymous12-Sep-04 10:25
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GeneralWMI and Visual C++ Pin
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GeneralADO, Winsock, Client/Server Pin
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