About code

by **STUDIOny** on Tue Feb 10, 2009 1:50 pm ([msg=17620]see About code[/msg])

So, just a question.
Do you actually memorize every last bit of code needed to do such and such, or do you just understand it, then use, say a website or book for reference as such, to look up code.
That way, I suppose you memorize it over time, whilst using it...

Well have you memerized all the numbers in the world? Once you understand it then you learn it over time. You dont need a site or a book if you know and understand coding.

Very true, thank you for your post.

I have made many simple code snippets and named them things easy to pick out so when I'm writing code and need something, I can browse through my own files and select what's needed for that particular program. Also, adding comments to more complex codes enables me to sometimes pick out things I may need for something else.

by **Karec** on Thu Feb 12, 2009 1:36 am ([msg=17728]see Re: About code[/msg])

Personally I do have some different general code structures that can be easily modified to what I need for projects. The stack implementation I have lying around has come in rather useful in many different projects.

So to sum it up, if you know there is something you use all the time its better to have a general form of it you can modify for your needs then to constantly rewrite it.

Good idea that is, keep a somewhat general form of code, to modify it.

Thanks again for your posts, It's very much appreciated

Karec wrote:Personally I do have some different general code structures that can be easily modified to what I need for projects. The stack implementation I have lying around has come in rather useful in many different projects.

So to sum it up, if you know there is something you use all the time its better to have a general form of it you can modify for your needs then to constantly rewrite it.

Absolutely.....an example would be when I took the code I used from prog 11 to use on prog 12 and just made some modifications for the algorithm, so half of the code was already done before I even started it. Opening the page, sending the cookie, using regular expression to pull out needed info, then the submission portion.

Do you actually memorize every last bit of code needed to do such and such

this isn't history class

by **tgoe** on Fri Feb 13, 2009 9:23 pm ([msg=17849]see Re: About code[/msg])

xcurious wrote:this isn't history class

Sure it is. Best practices aren't simply invented.