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Many comments here use the phrase "best practices" as a means to shut down opposing opinions or practices. That feels very wrong to me. I am often heard saying
by spdustin 12y ago
Many comments here use the phrase "best practices" as a means to shut down opposing opinions or practices. That feels very wrong to me.
I am often heard saying (in classes, public presentations, etc.), "I don't like the phrase 'best practice'. It implies that someone knows your requirements better than you. So I don't use it. What's 'best' for me might suck for you. So I say: the best practice is, in many cases, simply to have a practice that you and your team adhere to. One which meets your requirements, now and foreseen."
Class-itis, div-itis, selector-nesting-itis... They all have a place in the Real World.
- tehchromic 12y agoi think this is a good perspective. at the some practices are clearly better than others, and sometimes it is appropriate to say "best practice", because in certain narrowly defined circumstances, there really is a best. but the idea of team practice as the goal overall, and best practice as something that is both personal and defined by external circumstance is solid.