Friends, we as developers, programmers and all the in betweens need to sharpen our communication skills.
After taking a year of English composition in the distant past, I see numerous examples of posts or articles that could be improved with some basic writing guidelines. The first guideline would be to stop using the singular word you. For example, a post on a forum asks: I’m having rounding problems with SQL Server; a possible answer would be: You should pull back the value as a string and then convert the string value in the code behind. Does this not sound better: a person could pull back the value as a string and then convert the value in the code behind? The difference is that “a person” refers not only to the author of the post but also, the readers of the post. Another approach is to eliminate the reference to who is reading the post and just write the solution such as in the post that this example comes from: http://forums.asp.net/t/1199940.aspx
More Guidelines to come
Happy coding.
Lloyd McGhee
First, I would like to Thank Joe for setting up this Blog since, a great place to share my thoughts and ideas has not presented itself until now.
Lloyd McGhee