Brown trousers time :~

Lyle - CosmicPerl.com perl at cosmicperl.com
Mon Oct 8 21:19:41 BST 2007


asmith9983 at gmail.com wrote:
> Hi
> Instead of thinking of it as your biggest  project, break it up into a 
> set of more manageable smaller projects, which you can can really 
> focus on. Are you programming this by yourself, or are you part of a 
> team  ?  Write some good design documentation before you start. 
> Looking back later it'll tell you what you intended, whereas the code  
> only says what it's doing.   If the project has 10's of thousands of 
> lines then someone is investing a lot in its construction, so 
> long-term maintenance must be a consideration.  Incorporate a test 
> routines  into your design so any changes can be easily tested. This 
> takes time.

Your right. I'm doing most of this myself, financial help from 
investors. Does anyone have a link to some design documentation guides? 
For the last 8 years I've basically been winging it on scraps of paper. 
This project it so big, it does need a professional design approach.


Lyle


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