There's more than one way to do it. How I work: - First I make a very general design of modules, taking into account how they are going to communicate with ea

There's more than one way to do it. How I work: - First I make a very general design of modules, taking into account how they are going to communicate with each other, all based in experience with previous systems. - I foresee problematic parts, usually integration points, and write simple programs to validate assumptions and test performance. - I write a skeleton for the main program with a dumbed-down GUI. From that point on, I develop each module and now, yes, there's a lot of thinking in advance.