Ninjakreborn Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 I notice in this field we work with a lot of different things. A lot of developers also work with a lot of other languages. Obviously the goal is to write code once, and never have to write it again..in a way. WHen you figure out how to do something new, generally developers stick it into a function so they can re-use. I am starting to notice that over the years..I work with different frameworks..and sometimes without one. I noticed a long time ago that if I keep a customized copy of cake for example..or code ignitor..one day I might be working with something else. What I am asking is what do you do to keep your code together over multiple projects. Javascript is another example. I have seen people who have taken a custom javascript class that they built..everytime they develop a new javascript function they load the function up into there universal class..then they include that javascript in any job their working on. Same with PHP, I have seen some develop classes for PHP and keep them all together. I am sure other languages: C++, Ruby, Python, and other languages you can do the same. What do you do to keep track of code you have written. My generally thoughts were to make a SVN setup on my server and use that basically to store a base copy of all of my stuff. If I think of a good javascript function, or group of functions I can load them into SVN so I can always get them if I wanted. How do you store your code? Or if you do a really cool implementation for a project...is there anything you do to replicate that functionality and put it somewhere so you can put it later on a project. This includes classes. A lot of people find some classes they really like..how would you keep track of the ones you liked or use on future projects so you won't have to keep looking them up every time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynewex Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 I sort of have my own framework. I have a structure and stick to if for each project. I have a db class that I use in every single MySQL-related project. It dramatically speeds up my writing of select, insert and update queries. I have a message class which handles all error and success messages that are created for the user to see. That has also dramatically increased my productivity. The rest of my classes are all built to work with those two classes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjakreborn Posted January 14, 2010 Author Share Posted January 14, 2010 I thought about that. I use to. Once I took a Codeignitor framework a long time ago and I was using it. But after awhile (since I freelance) I had to jump around a lot. I used Cakephp, Zend Framework, Symphony and a score of other frameworks that were custom built..not to mention working with systems like Drupal, Joomla, Wordpress, and various forums. All-in-all I barely got to use it, because when I was able to use Codeignitor for a new project, I always ended up using the original. I also thought about putting all my code, snippets, functions classes inside my planner: www.essentialpim.com is what I use. However it's kind of acward to get them from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynewex Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 Oh and I have a session class too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zq29 Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 Oh and I have a session class too. O RLY? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynewex Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 Oh and I have a session class too. O RLY? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zq29 Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 NO WAI! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynewex Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 NO WAI! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjakreborn Posted January 14, 2010 Author Share Posted January 14, 2010 haha, I wasn't expecting that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oni-kun Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Nice form. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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