Article/Code Creation Order

Marc Clifton

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

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PJ Arends

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.

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Hear hear.

Michael Dunn

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.

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J Dunlap

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.

Joe Woodbury

Code then article and then I often revisit the code. I've changed code as the result of trying to explain it.

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peterchen

Code. [edit] And only if I see it's good, (in my veiled view of reality), I write n article [/edit]

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Rajesh R Subramanian

Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote:

Writing is too difficult coding is too easy.

You're right! :-D

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Eytukan

For the Grand Negus, separating the article from the code would be a tiresome processes ;P :-D

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Aryo Handono

Too Bad, I haven't post any articles yet.... Since I don't have much time to think anything to write. :-D

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Ed Poore

Ravi Bhavnani wrote:

My apologies!

Why? It's good that someone finally managed to catch him out ;P

I have no idea what I just said. But my intentions were sincere.

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Ed Poore

:laugh: If he ever writes any articles :suss:

I have no idea what I just said. But my intentions were sincere.

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Sceptic Mole

Nishant Sivakumar wrote:

I've always had the code first, and then written the article.

I wonder what he's writing about when he has no code? :laugh:

Gary R Wheeler

That sounds similar to my approach to my (one and only :-O) article. The original code was for something I had done at work. That code had to be stripped to its essentials, the article written, and a suitable sample application written to go along with it.

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TheGreatAndPowerfulOz

code first. else how do you know what to write? hmm, maybe both together.

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Eytukan

Cheers :beer:

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Raj Lal

Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote:

Writing is too difficult coding is too easy.

i will second that

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