Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 01/23/06 06:47

Chung Leong wrote:
> Dikkie Dik wrote:
>
>>That is exactly how I write my web applications. Both in PHP and Visual
>>Basic .NET. Being able to adapt an application is usually dependent on a
>>good design. You can make good and bad designs in all programming
>>languages. You can write unit tests in all programming languages. I
>>ported my own unit test framework to both VB .NET and PHP.
>
>
> Well, everyone aspires to create a good design. I don't there are
> programmers who set out to make a poor design. Often times it just
> isn't possible to come up with a good design on the very first attempt.
> It could be that you failed to comprehend the entire scope of the
> application. It could be there were unanticipated technical roadblocks.
> It could simply be that the requirements had suddenly changed. A more
> pertinent question I think is how quickly one can recover when a design
> decision turns out to be a mistake. The flexibility of PHP is a real
> advantage here.
>


> It could simply be that the requirements had suddenly changed.

Bingo! I have yet to be on a project which takes more than 3 hours
where the requirements haven't changed someplace along the line! :-)


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