02-01-2008, 03:01 PM
Hi All,
My success in learning QM has inspired me to learn more about programming in general (and to get better at QM!)
I am reading this book: Code Craft: The Practic of Writin Excellent Code by Pete Goodliffe.
It's pretty good and accessible for a non-trained programmer. Though I don't understand everything in the examples he uses (much C/C++), his points on design, efficiency, doing things right the first time, rather than hunting down silly errors later...all very useful.
Example. I used to all the time drop off the string type designator (e.g. Htm, Acc) and just redefine el or a for each new instance (because that was the default in the QM dialog). This works fine until much later I modify, copy, paste, etc and get the errors!!!
Now I define them logically for what I am trying to do. It's a bit of a pain up front but saves me a lot of hassle (and kicking myself in the butt) later!
Stuart
My success in learning QM has inspired me to learn more about programming in general (and to get better at QM!)
I am reading this book: Code Craft: The Practic of Writin Excellent Code by Pete Goodliffe.
It's pretty good and accessible for a non-trained programmer. Though I don't understand everything in the examples he uses (much C/C++), his points on design, efficiency, doing things right the first time, rather than hunting down silly errors later...all very useful.
Example. I used to all the time drop off the string type designator (e.g. Htm, Acc) and just redefine el or a for each new instance (because that was the default in the QM dialog). This works fine until much later I modify, copy, paste, etc and get the errors!!!
Now I define them logically for what I am trying to do. It's a bit of a pain up front but saves me a lot of hassle (and kicking myself in the butt) later!
Stuart