Talk:You ain't gonna need it
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Just my two cents: some arguments for YAGNI. | Just my two cents: some arguments for YAGNI. | ||
| − | * Nothing is more of a pain than chasing bugs | + | * Nothing is more of a pain than chasing bugs through code that isn't even executing - lots of dead ends! |
* It keeps the cognitive overhead down when looking at strange code. | * It keeps the cognitive overhead down when looking at strange code. | ||
* Dead code is not part of the integration-testing loop, so in a test-driven process, it's not valid code. It also tends to fall behind requirements. | * Dead code is not part of the integration-testing loop, so in a test-driven process, it's not valid code. It also tends to fall behind requirements. | ||
Revision as of 02:03, 6 October 2008
Added little explanation of the yagni --Dom 03:53, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
Just my two cents: some arguments for YAGNI.
- Nothing is more of a pain than chasing bugs through code that isn't even executing - lots of dead ends!
- It keeps the cognitive overhead down when looking at strange code.
- Dead code is not part of the integration-testing loop, so in a test-driven process, it's not valid code. It also tends to fall behind requirements.
- Finally, YAGNI keeps the cognitive overhead down when looking at the code. It self-documents because by it's very existence, it declares what the software actually does.
