Think first, 'doing' is for later

Posted by: Frans Boumas blog, on 26 Jul 2009 | View original | Bookmarked: 0 time(s)

In the comments section of Ayende's blog, I recently debated the usage of principles like the ones in SOLID and argued that these principles aren't really the important thing to focus on. Instead, people should focus on thinking. In the Netherlands we have an old saying: "Bezint eer ge begint", which translated to English is something like "Think everything through before you start". Now, before I wake up the anti-Waterfall people, I'd like to add that this post isn't about Waterfall...

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