Stretch and Sketch Before You Leap (into coding)

"Look before you leap" is a common alliterative warning (WaZit?) about diving blindfolded into a strange pool or any other unmapped situation (e.g., a coding project).

Yet so many beginner programmers try hammer some code onto a blank page, thinking that doing it from "scratch" is the best way.

They're wrong. It's the worst way.

No general goes into battle without first having mapped out the terrain, without first having studied the enemy and having analyzed the various obstacles that may foil the campaign (e.g., will the Russian winter defeat Napoleon's / Hitler's troops?).

So how does that apply to a new coding project?

TO BE CONTINUED

MORE TO EXPLORE

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