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• no line noise! :D (Score:1)

  by WebDragon (1204)

  I've posted a bunch of my scripts on http://www.webdragon.net/perl.htm that I've released to the public, if you'd care to have a look at them and some of the ugly hacks required to work around the way the world works :-D
  
  I'd add to your list
    o write really good documentation (in perl .pod format, preferably) as you go
    o document your changes with a decent changelog (and comments within the code) as you repair your programs over time.
    o the reason for this is: maintainability.
    o
  • On writing tests... (Score:1)

    by zatoichi (4897)

    I have read a little about unit tests. I haven't a clue at this point on how to do them. : )

    On the list though.
    • Re:On writing tests... (Score:1)

      by WebDragon (1204) on 2004.02.25 13:52 (#28795) Homepage Journal

      fire up the CPAN shell and look at all the Test:: modules there are :) Fire up the CPAN shell and download ANY module and look at its tests. (well, maybe not Math::BigInt. which has thousands of tests)
      
      cpan> i /^Test::/ :-)

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      • Re:On writing tests... (Score:1)

        by zatoichi (4897)

        I will do so. Thanks.