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Now I know why the code written by some recent contractors is full of peonies.
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What led you to think that??
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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It's like goldy or bronzy, only made of iron 
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Here's the deal, Marc Clifton has written an astoundingly good article which I believe epitomizes what CP is all about.
His article is up for article of the month (web) and you can vote for it here :
Survey Voting Form - Best Web Dev Article of April 2018[^]
I Am Not Affiliated With Marc Clifton
I assure you I am in no way affiliated with Marc Clifton but I know an award-winning article when I read it.
Further, my article is in the running for that same contest, but Marc's article is far better and you can tell he put loads of work into it. Please take a few seconds and vote for his article.
Here's a link directly to his article:
Build a Prototype Web-Based Diagramming App with SVG and Javascript[^]
Reason
It's just that when you read an article this good which is so evident that an author put so much work into it, you got to give props. 
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You're right. It's a great article. Just voted.
When you are dead, you won't even know that you are dead. It's a pain only felt by others.
Same thing when you are stupid.
modified 19-Nov-21 21:01pm.
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Speechless. Thanks raddevus, your post (and the comment you left in the article itself) made my day (my week actually!)
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It is extremely well-deserved. Your article _must_ win.
It is fantastic and I am stunned by how much work absolutely had to go into that.
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raddevus wrote: It is fantastic and I am stunned by how much work absolutely had to go into that.
A lot of it was research and googling how to do things. Once I got the basics handled, I started adding more pieces, but the implementation was really just a view-controller. At that point, I started writing the article because I didn't want to forget all the lessons I'd learned up to that.
The irony was, I hadn't added connection points yet, figuring I could do that after writing about the basics. It was then that I realized the V-C pattern was not going to handle it, and I needed a true MVC model. Besides, I had kludges I wasn't happy with. Oi! So right in the middle of the article, I switch to a true MVC pattern and ended up refactoring almost all the code. Hence the section "Refactoring the Prototype to use an MVC Pattern."
It was an interesting decision point. Do I rewrite the article at that point, starting with an MVC pattern, or do I let the prototype remain and explain the switch to MVC. I decided to let it remain as is and talk about refactoring it to an MVC pattern, figuring it would be educational and besides, I don't mind showing my dirty laundry, as it were. The reader gets to see more of the development process that way rather than just being presented with a finished product.
So, thanks again for your amazing feedback!
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I tried, bad reputation.Must be my loose morals. 
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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pull my finger!
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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Marc always delivers the goods (along with Mr Barber). Their articles should be used as templates for how it is done.
Keep your friends close. Keep Kill your enemies closer.
The End
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I have absolutely no use for any of that code as this is very far removed from anything I do on a day-to-day basis.
Yet this article indeed deserves all the 5-votes it can get, and it absolutely got mine. Articles that make you want to dive into and learn an unfamiliar topic the way this one does are few and far in-between.
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dandy72 wrote: Articles that make you want to dive into and learn an unfamiliar topic the way this one does are few and far in-between.
Yes, exactly!! 
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Okay, voted, just hope you're not Russian (or I'm in trouble 
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ComГade, I assuГe no troublesk heГe. All amerikanskiy. 
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For years... nay, decades... I've been attempting to work in a paper free environment. I didn't even realize I'd achieved this goal until my wife visited my office and made the observation. No one here has any paperwork on their desks. Everyone's desk's are clear... except mine. Subconsciously, I've replaced all the missing stacks of paper with toys. Lots of Legos, a ball puzzle, a Yoda statue, and a pair of Hulk Hands. Lego sets include Hulk Buster armor, Darth Vader, and the Apollo 11. I rotate regularly with other sets: Star Destroyer, Millennium Falcon, X-Wing Fighter, etc. I also make sure a jar of jelly beans remains stocked at all times.
I'm just curious what sort of desk toys do you guys prefer? Or do you think them a waste of time?
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I'd rather have a frontal lobotomy than a bottle in front of me... Bill W
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Hmm, let's see...looking around I see a few mounds of handwritten notes, notebooks, several 2'' thick manuals, a ups battery that needs replacing, a flashlight, bottle of Windex, sani-wipes, and a few rocks/crystals...and a red Swingline stapler.
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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Notes all over the place.
And a Hanuman (the code monkey) figurine.
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We have a clear desk policy a work. On mind I have a light saber that I took off the kids as they we hitting each other with it, a camper van model and a ball that once it hits something it will giggle for ages.
Every day, thousands of innocent plants are killed by vegetarians.
Help end the violence EAT BACON
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A couple mech figures from Fang of the Sun, an old airplane compass, and a set of badge ribbons and program from the last penguicon.
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Mark Randel wrote: I'm just curious what sort of desk toys do you guys prefer?
Animist jujus blessed/empowered on a dark-of-the moon's midnight at a cremation ground by defrocked monks performing secret rites.
cheers, Bill
«... thank the gods that they have made you superior to those events which they have not placed within your own control, rendered you accountable for that only which is within you own control For what, then, have they made you responsible? For that which is alone in your own power—a right use of things as they appear.» Discourses of Epictetus Book I:12
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The guy swore that mine was one of a kind! 
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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A steaming cup of coffee.
Keep your friends close. Keep Kill your enemies closer.
The End
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I'm old school.
I keep my desk covered with papers so the surface doesn't get dusty.
As some periodically get coffee-stained, they're eventually passed into the desktop-remote-storage-cylinder for transport to the local waste yard.
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| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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