(I'm All) Over Comprehensive Documentation

As an Agile Developer, I value working software over comprehensive documentation.

So it's a good sign when, as the software goes into full use by the customer, I find the time to write a user manual. I'd previously mastered the table of contents features, so the challenge was to find a shared location on the customer's network to put it. Writing the text I don't mind, and screenshots do make it look complete.

I intend to find out after a month who has used the manual. That's my problem with documentation - no feedback loop. Maybe this time will be different.

It's worth being dogmatic as a learning tool

That's a quotation from Kent Beck on Software Engineering Radio www.se-radio.net Episode 167.

I think it's important he says "learning" tool, not "teaching". Inflict your dogma on yourself, not others. I went after 100% test coverage, and I learned a lot. I know I'd have had a mutiny if I'd demanded it of colleagues.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Anning

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