The pseudocode programming process (PPP) described in Code Complete strikes me as quite similar to the concept of literate programming. In PPP the idea is to s

The pseudocode programming process (PPP) described in Code Complete strikes me as quite similar to the concept of literate programming. In PPP the idea is to start with pseudocode in the form of source code comments that start with a very high-level overview of the task being accomplished, written in plain English (or whatever human language), which is then broken down into smaller and smaller constituents. When the explanation can no longer be decomposed, the actual code is written. That approach seems like it would suit the literate programming style very well, and in particular would make the documentation generated by Docco easy to read and comprehensive. That said, I've never really used PPP and prefer TDD instead.