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Here's a Reason to Document

  • July 12, 2011 at 9:02 pm

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  • July 13, 2011 at 2:08 am

    #1351995

    Also don't forget the MAIN (imho) issue behind writing your own code to re-invent the wheel: if I have to use some piece of code written by someone else I have two options.

    First one is to generally trust the code is well written and will perform as I expect;

    Second one is to do not trust anyone and study the code line by line myself... ops! this will take the same time (if not more) to re-wite it from scrap 😎 !

    But often is really VERY useful to have a peek at someone else's code to just to get some new ideas fast.

  • July 13, 2011 at 2:14 am

    #1351998

    Solution looking for a problem. Google wins hands down.

  • July 13, 2011 at 2:27 am

    #1352006

    I've never heard of this website and yet it's been going for five years apparently. I find that nearly all my code searching requirements can be met using google (and stackoverflow.com).

  • July 13, 2011 at 5:43 am

    #1352079

    After looking at the current Krugle site, it appears it's not a service that searches the web (like google) for code. It appears to be an enterprise solution for tracking all the code within your company.

    Quoting their site, "Krugle Enterprise V4 works with existing development systems to automatically create a comprehensive, searchable development information portal. Krugle uses modern crawl and search technology to collect specifications, project plans, defect tracking records, build records and source code - and organizes this information using the rich metadata captured by these systems."

  • July 13, 2011 at 6:14 am

    #1352101

    I have only had rare cases of finding code on the Internet and using it directly. Mostly due to version incompatibility, but just as often, the code just doesn't compile. Not just minor syntax problems, but keywords that just aren't there.

    Krugle could be useful internally since I deal with old code from programmers who have left the company. It could make it easier to find how they dealt with something that I am having to deal with in their code. However, as the title of the editorial indicates, if they didn't document, it still might not help at all.

  • July 13, 2011 at 7:42 am

    #1352158

    Never used (or even heard of) Krugle.

    At my Firm, we've had a few methods over the years for documenting our work (Folio Views, anyone? :-)). For those of us who take the time to create documentation using the active method of our choice, the rest of us who are interested in searching it can do so -- no additional methods (Krugle, Google, or any other two-syllable word you care to name) required.

  • July 13, 2011 at 7:45 am

    #1352161

    I don't think that Krugle would find much rich metadata to document many of our solutions sadly, otherwise it might be a good plan!

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