On Thu, April 5, 2007 2:59 pm, afan@xxxxxxxx wrote: >> On Thu, 2007-04-05 at 21:36 +0200, afan@xxxxxxxx wrote: >>> first step is: take a paper and pen and start drawing your app >>> structure >>> in blocks. >>> once you "finished your app" on the paper start drawing db >>> structure. >>> >>> start coding after you have the solution for every situation. >> >> You're kidding aren't you? Poor trees! >> >> BTW You will NEVER have the solution for every situation. >> > > nope. not at all. I always tried to draw/build whole app's structure > first. or, at least closer I can get. it's also true, I never covered > ALL > situations, but to me is much easier to code after I have AS MUCH AS I > CAN > HAVE answers than start coding and then re-coding few days later > because > "oops! I forgot that user can have two homes, not only one..." :D > > and yes, I (still) use paper and pencil because never find good app > for > it. if you can recommend - I'll be more than happy to use it and stop > wasting paper (agree with you on "poor tree" :D) There are 3 whiteboards in my office, each is roughly 4x8 feet. They are chock-full of our "design" We take digital photos as backup occasionally. Not a perfect solution, but better than paper squirrelled away where nobody else can find it... -- Some people have a "gift" link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some indie artist. http://cdbaby.com/browse/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
