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Re: Code Stops Working [message #172409 is a reply to message #172393]

Wed, 16 February 2011 19:28

Sherm Pendley
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"P E Schoen" <paul(at)pstech-inc(dot)com> writes:

> "John Andersen" wrote in message
> news:ac29b1ee-97d4-40aa-b70f-13dd13cb50cb(at)v7g2000yqh(dot)googlegroups(dot)com...
>
>> Undo your change and see if it works again!
>> If it does, concentrate on finding the error within
>> your change! If it doesn't work, follow the leads
>> from the other in this group.
>
> Good advice.

*Great* advice! One very common beginner mistake is to make a whole
host of changes at once, before trying to execute the result. When (not
if) problems occur, that makes it difficult to pin down exactly which
one of the many changes is responsible. Keeping changes as small as
possible, and testing in between each, makes it easier.

> I have learned that it is
> always good to make copies of code as changes are made

Ouch. It's far better, IMHO, to use a SCM (source code management) tool
that's been expressly designed for just that purpose, such as Subversion,
Mercurial, or Git. Making backup copies (i.e. foo.php, foo-2.php, foo-
bak.php, foo-ihopethisdoesntbreak.php, etc.) is a pretty poor substitute
for such a tool.

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		Code Stops Working By: mrc2323 on Tue, 15 February 2011 22:06
		Re: Code Stops Working By: Captain Paralytic on Tue, 15 February 2011 22:35
		Re: Code Stops Working By: Tim Streater on Tue, 15 February 2011 23:02
		Re: Code Stops Working By: sheldonlg on Tue, 15 February 2011 23:53
		Re: Code Stops Working By: richard on Wed, 16 February 2011 04:39
		Re: Code Stops Working By: Denis McMahon on Tue, 15 February 2011 23:24
		Re: Code Stops Working By: mrc2323 on Wed, 16 February 2011 00:36
		Re: Code Stops Working By: Jerry Stuckle on Wed, 16 February 2011 01:05
		Re: Code Stops Working By: mrc2323 on Wed, 16 February 2011 01:16
		Re: Code Stops Working By: Jerry Stuckle on Wed, 16 February 2011 03:05
		Re: Code Stops Working By: Tim Streater on Wed, 16 February 2011 10:29
		Re: Code Stops Working By: mrc2323 on Wed, 16 February 2011 23:18
		Re: Code Stops Working By: Tim Streater on Wed, 16 February 2011 23:40
		Re: Code Stops Working By: me on Thu, 17 February 2011 12:23
		Re: Code Stops Working By: P E Schoen on Wed, 16 February 2011 01:40
		Re: Code Stops Working By: Denis McMahon on Wed, 16 February 2011 13:27
		Re: Code Stops Working By: sheldonlg on Wed, 16 February 2011 14:01
		Re: Code Stops Working By: Denis McMahon on Wed, 16 February 2011 14:48
		Re: Code Stops Working By: sheldonlg on Wed, 16 February 2011 15:00
		Re: Code Stops Working By: Leonardo Azpurua on Wed, 16 February 2011 17:11
		Re: Code Stops Working By: sheldonlg on Wed, 16 February 2011 17:34
		Re: Code Stops Working By: mrc2323 on Sat, 19 February 2011 18:46
		Re: Code Stops Working By: Jerry Stuckle on Sat, 19 February 2011 20:29
		Re: Code Stops Working By: mrc2323 on Sun, 20 February 2011 20:39
		Re: Code Stops Working By: Beauregard T. Shagnas on Mon, 21 February 2011 00:16
		Re: Code Stops Working By: mrc2323 on Mon, 21 February 2011 01:33
		Re: Code Stops Working By: Beauregard T. Shagnas on Mon, 21 February 2011 02:27
		Re: Code Stops Working By: sheldonlg on Mon, 21 February 2011 11:22
		Re: Code Stops Working By: mrc2323 on Mon, 21 February 2011 13:51
		Re: Code Stops Working By: sheldonlg on Mon, 21 February 2011 13:59
		Re: Code Stops Working By: sheldonlg on Wed, 16 February 2011 13:53
		Re: Code Stops Working By: me on Wed, 16 February 2011 14:42
		Re: Code Stops Working By: sheldonlg on Wed, 16 February 2011 14:45
		Re: Code Stops Working By: richard on Wed, 16 February 2011 04:36
		Re: Code Stops Working By: John Andersen on Wed, 16 February 2011 08:09
		Re: Code Stops Working By: P E Schoen on Wed, 16 February 2011 08:27
		Re: Code Stops Working By: Sherm Pendley on Wed, 16 February 2011 19:28
		Re: Code Stops Working By: mrc2323 on Wed, 16 February 2011 23:14
		Re: Code Stops Working By: Denis McMahon on Thu, 17 February 2011 00:00

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