Zoltán Németh wrote:
well, if classes are not convenient for you, then sure it would take
more time but only for the first time. after that, my experience is that
development time is less with classes
I do use classes, but mix it with procedural code and some function
libraries. But I'm a self-educated webdeveloper. I just use classes
since a couple of years (started PHP in 1999) and hadn't an example how
to factor certain solutions for known problems. Nowadays I hear about
patterns and deep OOP and design with real architecture in mind. Fine,
PHP gets more mature, gets more attention and can fit in an enterprise
environment (ducks.....;-).
But to teach myself software engineering is still a steep curve even if
I've done a lot of webprogramming in the past. I can't find the time to
study software engineering to a level that is desired these days for
webprogramming. I'd love to follow some courses or workshops here and
there, but that doesn't compare to 4 years of hardcore computer science.
I also see that besides nice OOP etc. there is a need for security
expertise, configuration / optimization expertise, Web x.x expertise,
database expertise. I think you cannot become a guru at all these fields
to a same level even if I want to and probably am able to.
What I want to say is, yes classes can take some trouble away, but right
now I don't have the complete skills to software engineer the whole
shebang over and over. I'd rather have the job done in time than do it
the 'professional engineering' way.
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