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A Friday Gripe - searching for solutions

Transaction.BeginRant()

I hate the way people use the Debug features like they are playing the pokies or something.  I just don't like the idea of making it easier for developers to guess their way through solving problems. If your code fails, I think that you should work out why, then fix it.

It's the same with Google!  I've seen people do stuff like this:

        - {browses to Google}
        - types: "I wanna cool app"
        - hit's first link that comes up
        - copies and pastes 4000 lines of code into ide
        - puts a breakpoint on line #1
        - presses the play button

Transaction.EndRant()
Transaction.Commit()

If you use Google like that, then, to me that means that my mum is as good a developer as you because you share the same toolset.

As a friend so succinctly put it: "the 'Just In Time Knowledge' factor of it can be a little dangerous"!

... and yes, I am in a grumpy mood :-)

Comments

HumanCompiler said:

Don't let it get to you. People like that won't make it in the long run. It takes more than being able to copy, paste & fix some code to make it in this industry...especially right now! ;)
# July 17, 2003 7:08 AM
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