|
Generally true. When I look online for the answer to a programming question, it's usually to resolve a specific issue: "why does X do A rather than B?".
The only time in recent memory I looked for the answer to a design issue was when I wanted to use a specific approach to a problem, and there are several closely-related variants (model-view-controller).
Software Zen: delete this;
|
|
|
|
|
Because 99% of the time it would be them causing the problem 
|
|
|
|
|
I find talking about the problem forces you to reorganize your ideas in a simple way that often leads to solution. The person you talk to does not have to have experience with the problem. The scenerio is like a psychologist/patient relationship. The psychologist (your friend) will lead you to the solution - they don't even have to understand the technology.
This technique often works for me.
|
|
|
|
|
I call this: talking to a lamppost. If you can explain your problem to a lamppost, you wil usually find the answer. This has inspired two collegues of me to actually place a miniature lamppost on their (combined) desk  . If it is lit, one is using the other as a 'dummy' to explain his problem to.
Paul Klomp
|
|
|
|
|
I seem to recall a week or two back in the lounge someone saying they explained problems to their dog which usually helped in the same way.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
|
|
|
|
|
This works for my roommate all the time. He'll ask me to help him with some problem, and while explaining it to me, he'll have some sudden epiphany and out comes the solution. Most of the time it works without me even saying a word.
|
|
|
|
|
A nice different dimension my 5
|
|
|
|
|
Because they usually have already plugged at it for hours, read the documentation, possibly a book, looked for the answer on internet or asked a question on one website or another.
Would be a shame to do things twice
It's an OO world.
|
|
|
|
|
...for a bacon sandwich!
|
|
|
|
|
and a diet coke
|
|
|
|
|
because i have a multiple answer...
though i have given vote to option number SIX...
My answer is option number 5,6 and 7.
first find exact...not successes...
go for option number six.... not successes...
go for option number seven.....
Thanks....
|
|
|
|
|
Agree. Sometimes I ask to my colleague, sometimes search on net or sometimes take a break.
JKOZA
|
|
|
|
|
Agree
First, i search on line
Then if i don't find, i ask a colleague
Then if i don't find, i post a question to get a track
Then if i don't find, i read the docs again
Then if i don't find, i phone Microsoft 
and i take always a break
|
|
|
|
|
You should have answered FIVE, because that is the first thing you do; SIX is the second!
|
|
|
|
|
This thing definitely works for me! but before that i keep plugging away the problem
|
|
|
|
|
Doing the same over here. 99% times refreshment works fine for me.
I appreciate your help all the time...
CodingLover
|
|
|
|
|
coffee with a break works
|
|
|
|
|
Probably coffee is not a good option for me because I hit stumbling point most of the times when I code  ,then I will be overdosing my self,I go out look outside the cabin or crack a joke with colleagues (something that distracts my current thought process)..
|
|
|
|
|
|
... be allowed to choose more than one answer here!
Oh, and an option is missing:
"Post a 'Send med codez - it'z urgentz!' in the CP Q&A Forum!" 
Why can't I be applicable like John? - Me, April 2011
-----
Beidh ceol, caint agus craic againn - Seán Bán Breathnach
-----
Da mihi sis crustum Etruscum cum omnibus in eo!
-----
Just because a thing is new don’t mean that it’s better - Will Rogers, September 4, 1932
|
|
|
|
|
Johnny J. wrote: Oh, and an option is missing:
"Post a 'Send med codez - it'z urgentz!' in the CP Q&A Forum!"
Those guys have the problem that they cannot write software. I don't think that fits in the category "programming problem" 
It's an OO world.
|
|
|
|
|
Johnny J. wrote: ... be allowed to choose more than one answer here!
Why? The question is which do you do first not what methods do you use.
|
|
|
|
|
Which approach I try first varies based on the problem.
3x12=36
2x12=24
1x12=12
0x12=18
|
|
|
|
|
but first, is keep plugging.
|
|
|
|
|
General 
News 
Suggestion 
Question 
Bug 
Answer 
Joke 
Praise 
Rant 
Admin 
Submit an article or tip
