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Standards for a code library
Do any developers here use code libraries at work? I am
wondering what successes people have had w/regard to sharing reusable functions among peers. What fosters the desire to use the code library and to share/borrow code? We are adopting the use of SouceBook by FMS and I would like to know how we can use it successfully in a group setting. What should we manage? What should we not manage? How strict must rules be w/respect to posting a function? Must we all use the exact same coding style or is there wiggle room? |
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Standards for a code library
Tim,
I am a moderate at using Excel programming and have found this group to be a 'gold mine' of good code to use. Over the past several years I have compiled a workbook with bits and pieces of code for reference and use. Also have another workbook with links to web sites pointed out in this user group. From the links I have obtained a very useful add-in for finding answers to my many questions: www.rondebruin.nl/Google.htm And whenever I have a serious question - I just ask the group. As far as style is concerned - there seem to be as many solutions to the same problem as there are coders. But some code runs more smoothly than others. The guru's make the best. But most of the code works well. In a group setting it is helpful that everyone work toward the same style for the sake of consistancy and ease of working with some one else's code. Otherwise - what works is what works. -- steveb (Remove 'NOSPAM' from email address if replying direct) "Tim Zych" wrote in message ... Do any developers here use code libraries at work? I am wondering what successes people have had w/regard to sharing reusable functions among peers. What fosters the desire to use the code library and to share/borrow code? We are adopting the use of SouceBook by FMS and I would like to know how we can use it successfully in a group setting. What should we manage? What should we not manage? How strict must rules be w/respect to posting a function? Must we all use the exact same coding style or is there wiggle room? |
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Standards for a code library
Well... Those are all good questions.
What fosters the desire to use the code library and to share/borrow code? It depends on who you ask. As far as sharing code goes, if you'r working with programmers that are programmers because the lov programming, it's a labor of love and matter of pride and perhap altruism. If they're in it for the money, it's more likely to be matter of convenience. Borrowing code is quick, convenient and a grea way to learn from others. What should we manage? What should we not manage? How strict must rules be w/respect to posting a function? Must we all use the exact same coding style or is there wiggle room? You get to make all that up in whatever ways work for you, but i you're looking for suggestions, find someone that will be using th library to take responsibility for it, or at least someone that care about it personally. Someone skilled and organized that will manag accepting/rejecting submissions and ensuring the code is tidy an sufficiently documented. You can have as much wiggle room as you wan for style, but readability and maintainability are of the highes importance with something like that. - Piku -- Message posted from http://www.ExcelForum.com |
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