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Re: What's the biggest piece of work you've done alone with Perl?by dragonchild (Archbishop) |
on Apr 21, 2003 at 22:26 UTC ( [id://252142]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
While at Motorola, I rebuilt (practically from scratch) a system called BOOST, which was used for 90% of all sub-system, system, and regression testing of the software used in Motorola's CDMA base stations. I inherited this system and it was a mess when I got it. I left it in a very beautiful OO state.
Strategies? Your basic refactoring strategies, I guess.
Mistakes? The biggest mistake anyone can make is to not have a design document, preferably coupled with a requirements document. This isn't an ivory-tower nicety. This is a real-world, in-the-trenches, life-and-death necessity. Spend the 100 hours to make one and you will recoup that 100 hours in the next four weeks. (In case you think I'm exagerrating, ask Elian what he thinks of design documents.) ------ Don't go borrowing trouble. For programmers, this means Worry only about what you need to implement. Please remember that I'm crufty and crochety. All opinions are purely mine and all code is untested, unless otherwise specified.
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