Corey and I are going to play with fluxbox. We have a particular extension in mind, we’ll post more info here when it’s worth it… we’re currently examining the code for both fluxbox (C++) and an extension to it called fluxspace (python)… tbc…
What do you do when your budget gets slashed, your headcount is dropping, and your deadlines don’t relent? When there just aren’t enough resources to design high-quality software, but you still have to deliver? Redefine the criteria for success! Agile programming to the rescue!
We don’t need no stinkin’ requirements! We don’t need no stinkin’ design sessions! Heck, we don’t even need testers, just ship the customer the daily build and let them sort it out. They’ll be so utterly disgusted with the initial attempts at the product that they’ll be fawning all over the final release, even if it’s not much different from what they got at the first attempt. Make them suffer along WITH you!
Besides, that’s what we’ve been doing anyway, ever since the tech bubble burst. We haven’t had time for all that other fancy-pants stuff. We’re just finally acknowledging it. With a vengeance.
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And the stuff that “The Agile Method ™” gets right… small iterative steps, smart design and decomposition, concise variable naming… well… no duh.
[Yawn] Wake me up when the next hot fad has something truly new and useful to offer…
My linux pda cell phone
meloncully writes “ok, after MUCH MUCH deliberation we have decided to embark on a project to create a File manager.
and thats about all there is to tell
oh, and its most likely going to be in c++
corey d”
There ya have it!