Re: Programming?

[awilliam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

>> In college, a lot of classes required a flow chart to be turned in
>> with a programming assignment.  I NEVER did the flow chart first.  It
>> was always the LAST thing I did, and only to complete the assignment.
>> I've NEVER done one since.
> That the level of programming required by a college course shouldn't 
require a
> flow-chart is no surprise. The unfortunate aspect is that it a disdain 
for
> flow-charting in particular may result in a general disregard for all 
modeling
> methods.  Modeling is the essence of modern OO abstraction, and there 
are lots of
> "programming assignments" in the real world that you just plain can't 
"carry in your
> hat."

Not bieng a fan of "flow charts", as they tend to be as complicated as 
the problem you are trying to solve, and are a real pain to maintain,  
what other "methods" are out there?  I took a Systems Analysis course 
that went into some various other "charting" methods such as data 
flow, etc...  but unfortunately there was no text book, and so I've 
long forgotten it.