Re:"Do it right" is more important than "Release Early"
by mm on Thursday June 21, 2007 @08:56AM
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rewriting code isn't as bad as some would claim. Because the logic of the code has already been set, a rewrite of the app in another language should take no more than 2 weeks. This is esp. true if your app uses an MVC framework where the view template is separated from the logic.
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Re:"Do it right" is more important than "Release Early"
by shiro on Thursday June 21, 2007 @03:32PM
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If you can replace the whole system, yes. It's most of the case for early statups where you have only a few developers communicating intimately.
When you write components used by multiple groups, things get far more complicated; you have to provide some stubs so that other party's old code keeps working until they finish migration. Here, at least doing protocol right is essential. (Web app has advantage here, since you can just ride on existing protocols.)