I’ve been programming using PHP and MySQL for about 4 years by now. One thing that I’ve always hated was to write code. Don’t get me wrong, I love coding, what I hate is writing in 10 lines what I could do in 5. Besides the fact that is a terrible waste of time and effort, when I was put in the position of revising the code at a later time (to make changes or just for the sake of improving the code) I found myself in trouble trying to understand what the hell I was thinking back then. Another scenario is when someone else is taking what you started ( I know this because I had to take on someone else’s projects ).
Giving this, why not spend a little time thinking first and then start coding? Below are a few things I’ve found out with time. (more…)
