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Reinventing just about any wheel will at least teach you a lot about how that type of wheel works, even if your reinvention never makes it into production.
by abstractbill 16y ago
Reinventing just about any wheel will at least teach you a lot about how that type of wheel works, even if your reinvention never makes it into production.
- oscargodson 16y agoExactly, exactly, exactly. :)
- smhinsey 16y agoThis is my standard MO for learning big new ideas. Say for example I want to use MVC for the first time. Once I think I understand the general idea, I will build my own. I might peak at Rails or Struts or whatever to see how they solve something, but in general I just go my own way. Once I have something to approximately proof of concept level, I feel ready to go out and evaluate existing options with a pretty high level of confidence in my conclusions.