tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13296248.post7322133256184491737..comments2024-02-12T00:47:08.699-08:00Comments on David Weiss: Finishers WantedDavid Weisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00629153569649264575noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13296248.post-9052524178408646392008-07-24T08:18:00.000-07:002008-07-24T08:18:00.000-07:00Thanks Dave.It's rung my inner bell. :)Thanks Dave.<BR/><BR/>It's rung my inner bell. :)Arkarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07080323814017020464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13296248.post-76486908577160981202008-04-25T13:54:00.000-07:002008-04-25T13:54:00.000-07:00Hey Dave, This is a great post, it kind of depicts...Hey Dave, This is a great post, it kind of depicts my current situation, thanks for the insight, i hope to follow it, and complete my started projects one by one :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13296248.post-42587611335789667472008-02-26T10:13:00.000-08:002008-02-26T10:13:00.000-08:00That is such a great lesson, thanks for the insigh...That is such a great lesson, thanks for the insight! You should be a seminar speaker or something :-)Mitchell Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01192770203037860281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13296248.post-11893313892930708762008-02-25T21:12:00.000-08:002008-02-25T21:12:00.000-08:00Your point about TDD is something that I've been r...Your point about TDD is something that I've been realizing more and more lately. I think part of getting into the groove of unit testing is to stop looking at it as a separate, onerous task. It's more correct and valuable to think of it as akin to the proof in mathematics that demonstrates a theorem is valid. Without that evidence what you've created has much less weight; you might even find yourself returning over and over wondering "did I really do what I meant to do?". There is something intrinsically satisfying in pointing at an artifact that is devoted only to showing the completeness and robustness of your solution. It then reenforces your approach to quality, thinking through your design etc.<BR/><BR/>Something related that I find valuable is prototyping. Spending hours and hours reading on the latest lickable APIs is fun, especially if you'll be using them, but at the end of the day you have nothing to point at and say "look what I did today". The best you can do is rattle off some of the rapidly fading knowledge you've picked up. I find writing simple little prototypes to flex those new ideas, or even just following the included tutorial, to be invaluable in satisfying my need to produce something during the time I invest.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13296248.post-43267377893668051862008-02-24T21:23:00.000-08:002008-02-24T21:23:00.000-08:00David, this post was great! It contained a lot of ...David, this post was great! It contained a lot of really, really great advice and motivation. You also gave a lot of concrete examples and the reasons for why people fail (never finish); it's not common sense what you wrote today, and it's something that many, many people can benefit from.<BR/><BR/>I know that I've benefited already. The advice you gave today doesn't seem to register in a lot of people's minds - and that goes for me, too.<BR/><BR/>I loved the movie, "Meet the Robinsons" - so inspirational!Shawn @SIDONIEYANGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08732137103645099062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13296248.post-13773090067359720782008-02-24T18:03:00.000-08:002008-02-24T18:03:00.000-08:00Great post David. This is why I like SCRUM so much...Great post David. This is why I like SCRUM so much. Once you have broken a large task down into many smaller, discrete ones it is very satisfying to mark them as complete in the workbook and know that you have actually accomplished something that day.<BR/><BR/>Hope school is going well, we miss you...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com