On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 10:26 AM, Tedd Sperling <tedd.sperling@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > 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. > Is there any other way to do it? I've been programming since 1975 and that's what I was taught and that's how always do it. Was it Brian Kernighan who said the 3 rules of programming are: 1. Keep it simple. 2. Build it in stages. 3. Let someone else do the hard part.
