Comments on: The importance of good commenting http://www.technovated.com/2006/10/09/the-importance-of-good-commenting/ Thoughts from the team @ Technovated Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:52:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Stephen Blake http://www.technovated.com/2006/10/09/the-importance-of-good-commenting/#comment-42 Tue, 31 Oct 2006 17:14:30 +0000 http://www.technovated.com/2006/10/09/the-importance-of-good-commenting/#comment-42 Hey there Matt Thanks for the reply! I have also picked that up. Often when testing, I will just use a comment instead of deleting code and I end up getting so frustrated cause I cannot work out why something isn't working. Meanwhile the real reason for the error is because ie is reading the commented code as well - poor form!!! I have also tried to limit the amount of code in my XHTML markup and rather concentrate on having detailed commenting within my php. At the moment my only advice is to use Firefox and to try and convince the rest of the world that Mozilla is the only way to go ;) Hey there Matt

Thanks for the reply! I have also picked that up. Often when testing, I will just use a comment instead of deleting code and I end up getting so frustrated cause I cannot work out why something isn’t working. Meanwhile the real reason for the error is because ie is reading the commented code as well - poor form!!!

I have also tried to limit the amount of code in my XHTML markup and rather concentrate on having detailed commenting within my php.

At the moment my only advice is to use Firefox and to try and convince the rest of the world that Mozilla is the only way to go ;)

]]> by: Matt Branthwaite http://www.technovated.com/2006/10/09/the-importance-of-good-commenting/#comment-41 Mon, 30 Oct 2006 00:50:12 +0000 http://www.technovated.com/2006/10/09/the-importance-of-good-commenting/#comment-41 Hi, I agree commenting is invaluable, not only for other people working on projects, but for oneself coming back to a project at a later date. i am curious though, what are your thoughts on commenting within the mark-up? I used to religiously, but then, discovered that ie 5.5/6 has a bug which duplicates the last character if there is a comment between floated ! So now i try to limit my comments in my mark-up to a bear minimum, if any! Hi,

I agree commenting is invaluable, not only for other people working on projects, but for oneself coming back to a project at a later date.

i am curious though, what are your thoughts on commenting within the mark-up? I used to religiously, but then, discovered that ie 5.5/6 has a bug which duplicates the last character if there is a comment between floated ! So now i try to limit my comments in my mark-up to a bear minimum, if any!

]]> by: Andrew http://www.technovated.com/2006/10/09/the-importance-of-good-commenting/#comment-2 Mon, 09 Oct 2006 14:53:18 +0000 http://www.technovated.com/2006/10/09/the-importance-of-good-commenting/#comment-2 You are spot on about comments. Some simple comments can go a very long way in helping one understand what the heck is going on. All too often developers don't think someone else will be picking up the pieces of the code. Another idea which i've come across is implementing some sort of code checking software that actually checks that source code is properly commented amongst other things. You are spot on about comments. Some simple comments can go a very long way in helping one understand what the heck is going on. All too often developers don’t think someone else will be picking up the pieces of the code.

Another idea which i’ve come across is implementing some sort of code checking software that actually checks that source code is properly commented amongst other things.

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