Article/Code Creation Order
-
I'm finishing my first articles to post here in CP :-O:rolleyes: I finished the article text, but not the code yet. CP writers, what do you write first? The article text or the code and why?
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.(John 3:16) :badger:
Clickok wrote:
I finished the article text,
I don't know about the others but in my case code comes first and then the article. I have plenty of useful code sitting with me that could all be very good articles. Writing is too difficult coding is too easy.
-
I'm finishing my first articles to post here in CP :-O:rolleyes: I finished the article text, but not the code yet. CP writers, what do you write first? The article text or the code and why?
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.(John 3:16) :badger:
I've always had the code first, and then written the article.
Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. (*Sample chapter available online*) -
I'm finishing my first articles to post here in CP :-O:rolleyes: I finished the article text, but not the code yet. CP writers, what do you write first? The article text or the code and why?
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.(John 3:16) :badger:
All my articles are about completed work that I have done. I just start typing with an introduction and go from there. My articles don't go into too much detail though, I just like to show off what I have done.
█▒▒▒▒▒██▒█▒██ █▒█████▒▒▒▒▒█ █▒██████▒█▒██ █▒█████▒▒▒▒▒█ █▒▒▒▒▒██▒█▒██
-
I'm finishing my first articles to post here in CP :-O:rolleyes: I finished the article text, but not the code yet. CP writers, what do you write first? The article text or the code and why?
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.(John 3:16) :badger:
Code, always. I write the article once I know the code is all working the way I want it to, so I can talk about how I got there, and I can post code samples with it.
Christian Graus - C++ MVP 'Why don't we jump on a fad that hasn't already been widely discredited ?' - Dilbert
-
I'm finishing my first articles to post here in CP :-O:rolleyes: I finished the article text, but not the code yet. CP writers, what do you write first? The article text or the code and why?
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.(John 3:16) :badger:
Usually, I have to extract the code from a project I'm working on because most of the articles I write are about something I discovered while writing code, and the code it's in isn't relevant to the technique I'm trying to illustrate. I build a sample app to tst the code I'm writing an article about, and sometimes it's included with the article, and sometimes it's not. Right now, I' writing an article as I write the code because the code is specifically for an article here at CP. The short version is, do it the way you're comfortable with it.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
-----
"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
I'm finishing my first articles to post here in CP :-O:rolleyes: I finished the article text, but not the code yet. CP writers, what do you write first? The article text or the code and why?
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.(John 3:16) :badger:
-
I'm finishing my first articles to post here in CP :-O:rolleyes: I finished the article text, but not the code yet. CP writers, what do you write first? The article text or the code and why?
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.(John 3:16) :badger:
Code first, article text next. Like many other authors, the code I publish at CP stems from general purpose modules I've used in my own (i.e. not for my employer or on my employer's time or while at work) apps for several months/years. /ravi
This is your brain on Celcius Home | Music | Articles | Freeware | Trips ravib(at)ravib(dot)com
-
Code first, article text next. Like many other authors, the code I publish at CP stems from general purpose modules I've used in my own (i.e. not for my employer or on my employer's time or while at work) apps for several months/years. /ravi
This is your brain on Celcius Home | Music | Articles | Freeware | Trips ravib(at)ravib(dot)com
Ah there you are. I ended up being the butt of this morning's repost jokes.
Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. (*Sample chapter available online*) -
Ah there you are. I ended up being the butt of this morning's repost jokes.
Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. (*Sample chapter available online*) -
Ah there you are. I ended up being the butt of this morning's repost jokes.
Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. (*Sample chapter available online*)I must confess I've fallen prey to the charms of Sarvana Bhavan and Amy's delectable fried egg sandwiches (max 2 per week, though - it's my only source of eggs). I'm fast turning into an overweight mass of saturated fat. And... my fridge is stocked with Russian ham. :cool: /ravi
This is your brain on Celcius Home | Music | Articles | Freeware | Trips ravib(at)ravib(dot)com
-
I'm finishing my first articles to post here in CP :-O:rolleyes: I finished the article text, but not the code yet. CP writers, what do you write first? The article text or the code and why?
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.(John 3:16) :badger:
Code first, or sometimes code and article concurrently. I once wrote an article first, and tossed the whole thing because the code ended up being significantly different than envisioned. Marc
People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
People who say that they will refactor their code later to make it "good" don't understand refactoring, nor the art and craft of programming. -- Josh Smith -
I'm finishing my first articles to post here in CP :-O:rolleyes: I finished the article text, but not the code yet. CP writers, what do you write first? The article text or the code and why?
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.(John 3:16) :badger:
-
Always the code first. The code is written to fill a need and then I decide that it is worth sharing so I write an article for it.
You may be right
I may be crazy
-- Billy Joel --Within you lies the power for good, use it!!!
Hear hear.
-
I'm finishing my first articles to post here in CP :-O:rolleyes: I finished the article text, but not the code yet. CP writers, what do you write first? The article text or the code and why?
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.(John 3:16) :badger:
Some of my tutorials were done in parallel, especially the WTL series. I had to go deep into some part of WTL (on my own, to teach myself), but the code from that effort wouldn't have worked well in a tutorial article. So I wrote an outline for an article, then came up with an idea for the sample code to go along with the article, then wrote both the code and article together.
--Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ"); Ford, what's this fish doing in my ear?
-
I'm finishing my first articles to post here in CP :-O:rolleyes: I finished the article text, but not the code yet. CP writers, what do you write first? The article text or the code and why?
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.(John 3:16) :badger:
Depends on the sort of article. For simple how-to articles, I write up a point list of things to cover, then write bits and pieces of both code and text to cover them, and then put the code snippets together into a demonstration project. For articles that center on a component or class I've written, generally it starts as code that I write for a project or experiment. I get it functionally finished - which means it's to the point where I know exactly what the article will cover - then write an article, then do more testing to make sure there are no hidden problems in the code, and make sure that the comments, formatting, and object model are just how I want them.
-
I'm finishing my first articles to post here in CP :-O:rolleyes: I finished the article text, but not the code yet. CP writers, what do you write first? The article text or the code and why?
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.(John 3:16) :badger:
Code then article and then I often revisit the code. I've changed code as the result of trying to explain it.
Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine. - P.J. O'Rourke
-
I'm finishing my first articles to post here in CP :-O:rolleyes: I finished the article text, but not the code yet. CP writers, what do you write first? The article text or the code and why?
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.(John 3:16) :badger:
Code. [edit] And only if I see it's good, (in my veiled view of reality), I write n article [/edit]
Developers, Developers, Developers, Developers, Developers, Developers, Velopers, Develprs, Developers!
We are a big screwed up dysfunctional psychotic happy family - some more screwed up, others more happy, but everybody's psychotic joint venture definition of CP
Linkify!|Fold With Us! -
Clickok wrote:
I finished the article text,
I don't know about the others but in my case code comes first and then the article. I have plenty of useful code sitting with me that could all be very good articles. Writing is too difficult coding is too easy.
Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote:
Writing is too difficult coding is too easy.
You're right! :-D
Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. - Cicero ப்ரம்மா
-
I'm finishing my first articles to post here in CP :-O:rolleyes: I finished the article text, but not the code yet. CP writers, what do you write first? The article text or the code and why?
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.(John 3:16) :badger:
-
I'm finishing my first articles to post here in CP :-O:rolleyes: I finished the article text, but not the code yet. CP writers, what do you write first? The article text or the code and why?
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.(John 3:16) :badger:
Too Bad, I haven't post any articles yet.... Since I don't have much time to think anything to write. :-D
"Courage choose who will follow, Fate choose who will lead" - Lord Gunner, Septerra Core "Press any key to continue, where's the ANY key ?" - Homer Simpsons Drinking gives me amazing powers of insight. I can solve all the worlds problems when drunk, but can never remember the solutions in the morning. - Michael P Butler to Paul Watson on 12/08/03
