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> Measuring a sensor is so complicated... I get the sarcasm, but sometimes it is useful to exercise "big boy" tools for projects that don't need it. What bett
by crispyambulance 8y ago
> Measuring a sensor is so complicated...
I get the sarcasm, but sometimes it is useful to exercise "big boy" tools for projects that don't need it.
What better way is there to learn/explore these things than with a very simple project that does something remotely interesting or useful?
- MisterTea 8y ago> "big boy" tools I read that as "big boy stools".
- tarsinge 8y agoI think on the contrary we need to seriously reconsider these tools that don't make sense at the scale of the vast majority of projects. It's sad we've gone full circle to the 00's, didn't miss those Java EE days of real big boy tools. Edit: current real-life example: I am currently developing a core tool for helping business users of a big industrial group. Client is amazed I was able to quickly develop a custom tool to answer their business needs. Code repo: 3 files: one HTML page, one vanilla JS file (less than a thousand lines), one lib to open XLSX files in JS.
- crispyambulance 8y agoYeah, I remember the bad old days. The most spectacular P.O.S. from those days, for me, was SOAP. It makes me clench just thinking about it and it's wildly ironic name "SIMPLE object access protocol." What, like there are even more complicated protocols to transfer data? FML! That said, sometimes you need/want to pick up some skills. I think it's good to do these on tractable problems that one can imagine scaling up smoothly, like this one. It's better than overly simple "hello world" and also better than trying to learn from a project where the technology is appropriately scaled and it would take weeks just to figure out what's going on.