Subject: [boost] Boost Talk: "How I Code" (?)
From: Gottlob Frege (gottlobfrege_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-02-23 00:04:46
I was wondering if anyone here wanted to take part in a Boost talk
about real world programming experiences. Something like "rules to
code by" or "nuggets of experience" or...?
ie if you had to give your 1 favorite rule you code by, what would it
be? For me it might be:
- Inversion Principle
or
- Comments with the word "otherwise" are the best comments
I could explain the Inversion Principle, or tell the story of when I
started using "otherwise" in comments, within 10-15 minutes, maybe
less. Then someone else could explain something helpful they've
learned over the years. It could be the easiest way to get your feet
wet in giving a talk - you just need to do a few minutes.
I don't think there is much detail needed actually - I think just
knowing that the author of so-and-so library actually does use TDD
daily, or that a respected regular on the list does things this way,
etc - just *knowing* that someone you respect does things a certain
way, might be all that is needed. You can always find more details
about certain rules/principles on the web, so in-depth explanations
aren't really necessary. The important part, I think, is that someone
you know (even just "virtually") is doing things that way.
I'm thinking it would be called "How I Code". Not "How you should
code" (although that might be implied). Just how each presenter codes
in real world programming tasks.
But I can't do this alone - no one wants to hear just about how I code
- they want to hear about how you code. Plus I will probably have
another Boost talk to frantically make last minute changes to, so I
can't handle 2 talks - but I can help get people together and organize
this and do a part.
Overall, hopefully it would be more discussion than presentation, and
maybe even some contradicting favorite rules - real life programming
is never that simple such that one rule always works, right?
Tony Van Eerd