So very true on looking back at old code. My favorite thought is "This actually worked?" lol I have learned so much from dissecting modules from several of you guys. Steve K, auslambert, chip are the ones that I really respect their coding capabilities. There are several others too, but if I am in the modules section I will download theirs and see how they go about doing something to try and learn more. I have used concepts from other peoples modules to improve mine too. So thank you for not pass wording your stuff and allowing others to learn.
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--- In Crestron@..., "Tony Golden" <mrgolden@...> wrote:
--- On Saturday, August 10, 2013 at 4:14 AM, watpaul01 wrote:
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Now, I have about a dozen highly complex yet instantly customisable modules
that can be used to slap together a multi-room system very quickly. Anyone
who will see my code will have an epiphany, and all my time spent will be a
gift to a competitor...
I hate to break it to you, but EVERY programmer thinks THEIR custom modules are
better than everyone else's :-)
In reality, any programmer who's any good will already have their own modules
that they prefer to use, primarily because of familiarity. They might use a
couple of IDEAS from your modules, but I assure you no decent programmer would
take someone else's core modules and build an entire system with them.
Another fun fact - a good programmer is ALWAYS learning, and improving their
code and methods. I don't mind someone else getting code I write today, because
a year or two from now I'm going to have something MUCH better. Have you ever
taken a look at one of your own programs from several years ago, and thought
"Man, the stuff I do now is so much better"? :-)
