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Basic and Power Tools

Basic and Power Tools. (Pragmatic Programmer, Chapter 3) Choose one editor and know it well You need to be proficient. Simply typing linearly and using a mouse to cut and paste is not enough. You just can't be as effective that way as you can with a powerful editor under your fingers .

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Basic and Power Tools

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  1. Basic and Power Tools (Pragmatic Programmer, Chapter 3) • Choose one editor and know it well You need to be proficient. Simply typing linearly and using a mouse to cut and paste is not enough. You just can't be as effective that way as you can with a powerful editor under your fingers. • Configurable, Extensible, Programmable • Syntax highlighting, auto-completion, boilerplate, auto-indent, IDE-like features (compile,run) Using notepad is like using a teaspoon as a shovel—simply typing and usinb basic mouse-based cut and paste is not enough.

  2. Use Source Code Control • Good user interfaces have an UNDO feature, preferably multiple levels of undo, redo • How do we get this with our programming efforts? • Source control, configuration management • Once a program is released, what's next? • Work on next version • Work on bug fixes • How to do these simultaneously? Branch source tree • How does more than one person work on same program? • CVS, concurrent versions system

  3. Debugging • Origin of word bug • That's not a bug, that's a feature • Call it an error, a mistake, a fundamental flaw, … • Debugging as problem-solving • Don't cast blame, find and fix the bug • Resist myopia: don't eliminate symptoms, fix the bug • What code to fix? • Compile a clean version, how? • How to fix? Use debugger, code walk-through, eyeballs • Read documentation (select system call is broken)

  4. Great Programming • Everyone else does bad programming • Everyone else does good programming • Everyone does mediocre programming • What is great programming? • What is bad programming?

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