On Oct 23, 2013, at 12:04 AM, Robert Cummings <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 13-10-22 05:38 PM, Larry Garfield wrote: >> If you need more convincing, I will cite Fred Brooks: >> >> http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/~cah/G51ISS/Documents/NoSilverBullet.html > > Excellent article, thanks for the pointer. So many assertions have stood the test of time thus far. > > Cheers, > Rob. Yes, it was an excellent article. One of the things I liked about the article was the concept of "Incremental Development", which is something I have practiced since the Old Apple ][ days (Incidentally, he states he learned of this in 1958 -- is that a typo?). In 1977, I started many of my programs with (pardon my failing memory of AppleSoft syntax): Gosub GatherData() Gosub ProcessData() Gosub PresentDate() END It ran, but didn't do anything. Incidentally, that resembles a one-pass MVC design, does it not? In any event, I would flesh out the code until I got what I wanted. Maybe that's one of the reasons why Android or iOS Development starts with a Default "Hello World" App that does very little than run. Start simple, develop complex. Cheers, tedd _______________ tedd sperling tedd.sperling@xxxxxxxxx -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
