Coding Block
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Help! I have coding block. I've started on a new project and cannot get the ball rolling. Have you experienced this in the past? If so, what did you do to get you out of the stalled project work? :eek: :omg:
1. Make a plan. Thurs Morning setup .h and .cpp files needed, Thurs afternoon make all the needed constructors and destructors and member vars. Fri morning, Make up main Dialogs needed etc etc Fri afternoon, start methods. Sat morning, revise project. I don't know how much you can do in each work set etc. Also if your mind goes blank, get outside and get some fresh air. Regardz Colin J Davies
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Help! I have coding block. I've started on a new project and cannot get the ball rolling. Have you experienced this in the past? If so, what did you do to get you out of the stalled project work? :eek: :omg:
I find if I'm stuck on one thing, it helps to work on something else for a bit. Doesn't help much if it's at work, and there's only one task at hand. When that happens, I take an early lunch :-) Christian The tragedy of cyberspace - that so much can travel so far, and yet mean so little. "But there isn't a whole lot out there that pisses me off more than someone leaving my code looking like they leaned on the keyboard and prayed that it would compile. - Jamie Hale, 17/4/2002
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Help! I have coding block. I've started on a new project and cannot get the ball rolling. Have you experienced this in the past? If so, what did you do to get you out of the stalled project work? :eek: :omg:
Robert Vista wrote: Have you experienced this in the past? I'm experiencing it right now. I'm revising a project that I did last year and I can't remember how everything works. I'm trying to change simple things, but I just keep getting distracted by everything around me. I think I need an isolation chamber to keep the distractions away, but then I'd probably go nuts. "There is a fine line between lunacy and genius; it is my goal in life to keep them guessing just where the line lies..." -- Unknown
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Help! I have coding block. I've started on a new project and cannot get the ball rolling. Have you experienced this in the past? If so, what did you do to get you out of the stalled project work? :eek: :omg:
For short projects I try and grasp one aspect that I find challenging and jump into it. Then I find that the more dull parts are easier. For long projects I wait till the last minute then work franticlly for the last 2 weeks. Seriously, though, for long projects I like to read something about some technical aspect of the app and try external interests (excercise, fishing, etc.). Good luck.
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Help! I have coding block. I've started on a new project and cannot get the ball rolling. Have you experienced this in the past? If so, what did you do to get you out of the stalled project work? :eek: :omg:
Robert Vista wrote: Have you experienced this in the past? Yes, but not for new projects. I experience this when I am asked to rework old projects. Robert Vista wrote: If so, what did you do to get you out of the stalled project work? I dump the work on my junior programmers. Thats what I do. I offer technical help, but I get them to do the actual coding. Nish
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I find if I'm stuck on one thing, it helps to work on something else for a bit. Doesn't help much if it's at work, and there's only one task at hand. When that happens, I take an early lunch :-) Christian The tragedy of cyberspace - that so much can travel so far, and yet mean so little. "But there isn't a whole lot out there that pisses me off more than someone leaving my code looking like they leaned on the keyboard and prayed that it would compile. - Jamie Hale, 17/4/2002
That is interesting. A quote from the future! But it is a good one. Christian Graus wrote: - Jamie Hale, 17/4/2002 To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step towards Knowledge. Benjamin Disraeli
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Help! I have coding block. I've started on a new project and cannot get the ball rolling. Have you experienced this in the past? If so, what did you do to get you out of the stalled project work? :eek: :omg:
If you can, go out for a walk - it is amazing how getting away from the computer can stimulate your creativity. I always find it helps when I'm starting a new project. (Especially when I'm doing the spec and I'm faced with a blank sheet of paper). Read some books, I always find that reading helps to get the coding juices flowing. Michael :-)
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Robert Vista wrote: Have you experienced this in the past? I'm experiencing it right now. I'm revising a project that I did last year and I can't remember how everything works. I'm trying to change simple things, but I just keep getting distracted by everything around me. I think I need an isolation chamber to keep the distractions away, but then I'd probably go nuts. "There is a fine line between lunacy and genius; it is my goal in life to keep them guessing just where the line lies..." -- Unknown
Daniel Ferguson wrote: I'm revising a project that I did last year and I can't remember how everything works. I know the feeling... Daniel Ferguson wrote: but I just keep getting distracted by everything around me. It's not the distractions that are too good, it's the work that's too awful. Crivo Automated Credit Assessment
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Robert Vista wrote: Have you experienced this in the past? Yes, but not for new projects. I experience this when I am asked to rework old projects. Robert Vista wrote: If so, what did you do to get you out of the stalled project work? I dump the work on my junior programmers. Thats what I do. I offer technical help, but I get them to do the actual coding. Nish
The rumours that I am an AI bot are absolutely false. These rumours have been propogated by *them* to focus all the attention on to me, while *their* bots take over the planet. Thank y%%%% Divide by zero. Cannot proceed. Abort(y/y)?
Nish [BusterBoy] wrote: I dump the work on my junior programmers. LOL. Those were the days when I was head of a development team and not working for myself. Any job that required any repeative code could be farmed out. :-D Michael :-)
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Help! I have coding block. I've started on a new project and cannot get the ball rolling. Have you experienced this in the past? If so, what did you do to get you out of the stalled project work? :eek: :omg: