ColdFusion Development Methodologies

If you've been building Web application for a while, you probable run into this situation: that your old code needs to be updated or you need to apply more code to the application. As you pour over the old code, you find it difficult to figure out which page call to which one, and why you have done it in that way?? Or what is the name of the file you need to change?

Sound this familiar?

Why Use Development Methodologies?

By using a 'good' development methodology you avoid these problems. What's then identifying a 'good' development methodology?

It defines naming conventions

It provides directives on how to structure your program code

Even if you already use, or begin to use development methodology don't forget to comment your code and draw diagrams. We recommend Microsoft's Visio, Show Them What You're Saying, for drawing your flow chart and diagrams.

Development mythologies are useful for many reasons, some of them are:

Enables a team of developers (using the same methodology) to write, debug and support each others code

Make it easier for others to understand and maintain the code

Enables you to build large applications with many sections and pages

Make it more easy to maintain and comments your code

Apart from this there is a loot of other reasons, - so why not implement a development methodology and start right now!

Some development methodologies are built for special programming technologies, but you can easily import the most important part of the methodology to suit your program language.

- Happy development methodology! -

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