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OTOH, I find that writing some prototype code is one of the best ways to understand the problem and solution before starting to write the real program. If you’
by raldi 4y ago
OTOH, I find that writing some prototype code is one of the best ways to understand the problem and solution before starting to write the real program.
If you’re worried about lacking the discipline to throw away the prototype, do it in another language.
- iKlsR 4y agoGreat advice, that's why I bought https://runjs.app/ https://runjs.app/ (not affiliated), I can quickly prototype pretty much anything with this and then port it to my actual target lang/framework after. Not hampered by the browser, npm, project setup or privacy concerns.
- jakevoytko 4y agoYour approach feels similar to mine, actually! I write lots of exploratory code (and mention it in my comment). I just view it as trying to understand the problem and solution instead of coding, since it's not usually the production code I'm going to commit.