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[Kasracer]

Wow, this article is just a cluster ****er: Article :: Robert C. Martin's Clean Code Tip of the Week #8: Your Build Shouldn't Require More Than One Step.

It starts out as a huge story (this is under a .Net programming article category). 1,787 words later, you're only left with this "value" piece of information (i.e. the only non-story piece of information):

Building a project should be a single trivial operation. You should not have to check many little pieces out of source code control. You should not need a sequence of arcane commands or context dependent scripts in order to build the individual elements. You should not have to search near and far for all the various little extra JARs, XML files, and other artifacts that the system requires. You should be able to check out the system with one simple command and then issue one other simple command to build it.

I feel more stupider now.

[techgnome]

Wow, this article is just a cluster ****er: Article :: Robert C. Martin's Clean Code Tip of the Week #8: Your Build Shouldn't Require More Than One Step.

It starts out as a huge story (this is under a .Net programming article category). 1,787 words later, you're only left with this "value" piece of information (i.e. the only non-story piece of information):


I feel more stupider now.

Wha- the he-- is THAT supposed to mean (the bit you quoted)? I right-click, get latest. I right-click Rebuild All..... and that doesn't even count the automated build that happens on check-in too. Aaaaaany ways, sounds like some one isn't happy with his little Java world... shrug.

-tg

[Kasracer]

Wha- the he-- is THAT supposed to mean (the bit you quoted)? I right-click, get latest. I right-click Rebuild All..... and that doesn't even count the automated build that happens on check-in too. Aaaaaany ways, sounds like some one isn't happy with his little Java world... shrug.

Not only are they not happy in their Java world but they posted only Java code examples and placed the article in the .Net section.

[wossname]

Wow, this article is just a cluster ****er: Article :: Robert C. Martin's Clean Code Tip of the Week #8: Your Build Shouldn't Require More Than One Step.

It starts out as a huge story (this is under a .Net programming article category). 1,787 words later, you're only left with this "value" piece of information (i.e. the only non-story piece of information):


I feel more stupider now.

To be fair, this does sum up MS's whole view of the world. "This is the way the world should be". They will throw money and people at the problem until the goal is achieved, no matter how they achieve it and no matter how many adorable puppies are stomped on and obliterated along the way.

The kind of software we produce at my work cannot be built in one single step. It's just physically impossible (mainly because of MS, ironically).

Anything that makes me hate MS more is a good thing and I thank Kasracer for this thread.

[Maven]

To be fair, this does sum up MS's whole view of the world. "This is the way the world should be". They will throw money and people at the problem until the goal is achieved, no matter how they achieve it and no matter how many adorable puppies are stomped on and obliterated along the way.

The kind of software we produce at my work cannot be built in one single step. It's just physically impossible (mainly because of MS, ironically).

Anything that makes me hate MS more is a good thing and I thank Kasracer for this thread.

Having design goals is an important consideration of any software project.