Posted by Ben C on 10/08/07 07:39

On 2007-10-07, SpaceGirl <nothespacegirlspam@subhuman.net> wrote:
> Jerry Stuckle wrote:
[...]
>> There is a formal process to managing projects, just like there is for a
>> lot of things. And it works. But when you've never used this process,
>> you can come up with all kinds of rationalizations as to why it won't work.
>>
> This is all very nice, but what about RAD? Or Agile? And how does this
> apply to small enclosed languages like AS3.

"Agile" is a "methodology" or family of methodologies, distinguished
mainly by being trendy. I suspect they would accuse Jerry Stuckle of
being a old-fashioned "Waterfall".

The fact that the both sides of the argument are represented can be a
good thing politically though.

"RAD" just means using a visual IDE instead of a proper^H^H^H^H^H^H
editor.

The choice of language, methodology, and programming environment are all
independent. You can do up-front design and program in C, or
just-in-time Agile design (or whatever they call it) and program in C++.
You can use whatever programming environment you like for either (in
general, although some languages are quite closely tied to a particular
programming environment).

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