RE: [PHP-DB] Things to check before you post (The Ultimate PHP Checlist)
| From: | Richard Allsebrook | Date: | Fri, 28 Jul 2000 12:40:05 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP-DB] Things to check before you post (The Ultimate PHP Checlist) | ||
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>Read code aloud to somebody else. Wife, co-worker, it doesn't matter. It
slows
>you down, you tend to explain as you go, and it forces you inoto a fresh
look.
>Amazing how many times I've caught misplaced periods, unclosed brackets,
etc.
>this way, or even gained a fresh insight into the algorithm.
We call this technique "Confessional Debugging" and its probably the most
used tool in my toolbox :-)
It does't matter WHO you "confess" to, just getting the words out of your
head/off the screen and into the air usually does the trick.
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