Journal Journal: Code Review For Dummies
I think an interesting feature of an IDE would be to assign comments to blocks of code. This would improve coding for several reasons.
#1. It would allow for more flexiblilty regarding the showing of comments on the screen. A programmer could choose to show or hide the comments based on their preferences.
#2. A programmer could read just the comments to get acqainted with a particular file. This would depend on programmers leaving good comments, but if they were to do so it would allow new developers to read the english version only. It would also allow you to go back to old code that you've written and find certain pieces that you are looking for.
#3. It would provide a way for less technical people to examine a project, such as your supervisor or a person you are training.
This would also bridge the gap between harder to understand languages (c++) and the languages that attempt to be more english-like, such as Visual Basic.
#1. It would allow for more flexiblilty regarding the showing of comments on the screen. A programmer could choose to show or hide the comments based on their preferences.
#2. A programmer could read just the comments to get acqainted with a particular file. This would depend on programmers leaving good comments, but if they were to do so it would allow new developers to read the english version only. It would also allow you to go back to old code that you've written and find certain pieces that you are looking for.
#3. It would provide a way for less technical people to examine a project, such as your supervisor or a person you are training.
This would also bridge the gap between harder to understand languages (c++) and the languages that attempt to be more english-like, such as Visual Basic.
