More Random Ponderings
March 31, 2007 – 1:30 am by Ralph DahlgrenSome changes, while seemingly monumental in scope, can be helpful… Examples of this concept, in regards to Etomite, would include greater use of Object Oriented Programming and better documentation, for starters…
The idea of using additional OOP lends itself to allowing for more flexible development practices… I have been doing some experimenting which has yielded promising results… And while an over-abundance of such practices can slow the resulting scripts considerably it should be noted that calculated use of improved OOP can improve overall performance as well as aiding in code maintenance…
Having adequate documentation has been an issue from the very beginning of the project… In an effort to rectify this ongoing problem I have been experimenting with PhpDocumentor and in light of the results I am definitely sold on the idea of implementing its use for future releases… Properly documented code makes project documentation much easier… This is completely the opposite stance from my opinion that well written code is pretty much self-documenting… The additional documentation makes the task of compiling code base documentation much easier… That doesn’t negate my theory that well written code as a prerequisite…
Anyway, I just figured I’d better add another entry here in my Blog… I need to make it more of a habit… I knew I’d have a hard time getting rolling on making regular entries and I guess I was right… I’ll try to improve on that… I’m sure I have a lot more that I could report if only I could remember it all now that I have started typing…