TheFilmGod Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 I was thinking of completely pushing the computer off to the side and actually coding by hand. I would do this on a template based page with lines, line numbers, vertical dotted lines (resembling tabs), and having filename/description/page # info on the top. Over the past year I became very confident in css/php coding and I think I could code without a WYSIWYG editor. I'll still use books, cheat sheets, and reference pages. I think that this will have a positive outcome. It'll give me the time to plan and make it easier to write down ideas. At the same time there are negatives ... Typing on comp. is faster 2 x work Not being able to use internet for help What do you think? Do you think I lost all grasps of reality and became utterly insane? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neylitalo Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 Do you think I lost all grasps of reality and became utterly insane? If you're planning on doing anything functional with these pieces of paper with writing on them, then yes, I'd say you have. On a similar note, I quite often use a pen and paper to outline an interface, an application's flow, or pseudocode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremywesselman Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 Pseudocode yes. But I wouldn't sit there and write down the whole program. Unless it was a simple script and I wasn't near a computer. But even then I don't think I'd write the whole thing out. And like you mentioned, double the work. Jeremy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 Well, that's like writing regular text on paper. Imagine you have 50 paragraphs and after you wrote them you find that you would like to add another paragraph between number four and five. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcombs_31 Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 Only type I ever wrote code on paper was for programming tests in college. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emehrkay Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 Do you think I lost all grasps of reality and became utterly insane? If you're planning on doing anything functional with these pieces of paper with writing on them, then yes, I'd say you have. On a similar note, I quite often use a pen and paper to outline an interface, an application's flow, or pseudocode. yeah. compling your looseleaf paper will be pretty tough hahah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFilmGod Posted January 9, 2008 Author Share Posted January 9, 2008 lol. Sure it's double the work - extra work - but I really want to give it a shot. To tell you the truth, I think that it might be faster. It's hard to explain, but putting down ideas on paper may be easier. I type faster but when coding you need to tab and 'enter' often so it's misleading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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