End Your If

Quite often at work, I find myself reminding my team members to be sure to ALWAYS utilize the framework to it’s fullest.  Just because you are unsure how to do something or have never done it before in the framework, does NOT mean that it cannot be done!

I use to have this thinking as well.  I would curse and curse, I’ve done this a 100 times, why is it so difficult to do with this framework!

Once I calmed down, I would Google it or look around the documentation and pretty quickly discover how to accomplish it using the framework.  9 times out of 10, I found that it was actually extremely easy to implement.  Not only that, 7 or 8 times out of 10, it would actually save me time!  If it didn’t the first time, it certainly always saved me a lot more the next time. More »

Are you a person who dislikes frameworks?  Or are you a person who loves frameworks?  Or are you even a person who isn’t quite sure what a framework is?  The following article will discuss the pros and cons of frameworks and the common downfalls that people fall into.

I’m not sure if it’s only people I meet or a world-wide thing, but it seems people do not like to use frameworks (at least at first).  At my work, we use them on every new project.  So, when a new hot shot developer joins our team, we inevitable get to have the battle of “Ugghh, I don’t want to use a framework I want to code my way and only my way”.

If this is your typical response to frameworks, I suggest you continue to read and let me enlighten you on why we live and die by our frameworks. More »