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When I finished work yesterday I had ten remaining open bugs for the current release. When I started work this morning that had grown to 18, and more came in during the course of the day. I just now wrapped up work, leaving a list of eight open bugs for this release. That means I worked my tail off today for a net gain of two bugs. Somehow that just doesn't seem right...
In other semi-work related news, I have been reading an absolutely amazing book the past few days - Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code by Martin Fowler. This book has opened my eyes to some amazing techniques for improving my code, very straightforward steps to improve the structure of the code without effecting the end result. Refactoring is basically a way to battle the forces of entropy that creep into a large code base, and even better it allows me to safely go back and change some of my poor coding decisions of the past. Through a combination of small steps combined with automated unit testing, I can make changes and know right away whether those changes broke anything. I am also discovering how much of a time saver it is to actually write automated unit tests before I start writing code. It seems counter-intuitive, but it really works. So I am kind of geeking out over refactoring right now. Don't mind me.
On the non-work front, Ben started back at school this week. He was *so* happy to be going back, he really misses it. All last week he kept saying, "The bus is here! Very soon! School!" I really like his new bus driver and monitor, and his new teacher seems very nice as well. I think it's going to be a very good school year.
Kris seems to be settling in nicely. Now that she has her car, she is out exploring the area and getting to know her way around. She is also an excellent cook. I feel like a complete goober when I make some simple thing for dinner, and then the next night she knocks out some elaborate meal. Even her simple meals just seem so much better than mine. I gotta start practicing more...
In other semi-work related news, I have been reading an absolutely amazing book the past few days - Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code by Martin Fowler. This book has opened my eyes to some amazing techniques for improving my code, very straightforward steps to improve the structure of the code without effecting the end result. Refactoring is basically a way to battle the forces of entropy that creep into a large code base, and even better it allows me to safely go back and change some of my poor coding decisions of the past. Through a combination of small steps combined with automated unit testing, I can make changes and know right away whether those changes broke anything. I am also discovering how much of a time saver it is to actually write automated unit tests before I start writing code. It seems counter-intuitive, but it really works. So I am kind of geeking out over refactoring right now. Don't mind me.
On the non-work front, Ben started back at school this week. He was *so* happy to be going back, he really misses it. All last week he kept saying, "The bus is here! Very soon! School!" I really like his new bus driver and monitor, and his new teacher seems very nice as well. I think it's going to be a very good school year.
Kris seems to be settling in nicely. Now that she has her car, she is out exploring the area and getting to know her way around. She is also an excellent cook. I feel like a complete goober when I make some simple thing for dinner, and then the next night she knocks out some elaborate meal. Even her simple meals just seem so much better than mine. I gotta start practicing more...