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On the flip side, a lot of exploratory coding is often necessary to learn exactly what needs to be done. "Oh this API sometimes returns garbled garbage results
by com2kid 3y ago
On the flip side, a lot of exploratory coding is often necessary to learn exactly what needs to be done. "Oh this API sometimes returns garbled garbage results, guess we need to write a sanitizer for its output" isn't something that is going to be known until at least some code is written.
- Chris_Newton 3y agoDefinitely, exploratory coding can be very useful. It’s essentially writing code to help identify the requirements or design instead of to help implement them. As long as management understands that you might be writing different code for each case and you can’t necessarily turn one into the other…