So how do you keep focused when doing projects?

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That's where the package is located at the moment! You know those things where you can track your order??

Sorry for going so off-topic.
 
For writing papers where you need to adhere to a certain format. Lyx owns, you can teach a complete idiot how to write a perfectly formatted paper in just a few minutes. I love it because I hate formatting stuff, let the program do it :P

Now I need to finish up my next project...XML-RCP and AJAX w00t

I ended up getting a VPS as my next project will probably take up 20-100+GB of bandwidth a month. Should be fun :P
 
Well, yeah I have a format. I don't write on a whim with no real rhyme or reason, I must say...

So is there anything that doesn't require OSX? (one of the things I clicked the link to required a certain version of it or higher and I'm like "awwww")'

EDIT: Lyx is cross platform xD
 
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*coughofftopicIamwellthat'stoobadyoumightaswelldeletethispostbecauseithasnothingtodowithfocusingonprojectscough*

BACKONSOMETHINGTHATRESEMBLEDTHETOPIC: What's the kind of projects that most distract you?
 
Mostly stuff that takes awhile to do or is distributed across several platforms.

such as doing xml-rcp calls via a website to an object or program in another location. Something that requires gradual graduation on each side so that they work together properly. It's a royal pain IMO.

The other fun things are legacy code that you wrote when learning a language and you learn that there are better ways to do it. Or when you update an API you wrote and need to fix all the programs that use it. Or when several programs using the same code and need to all be migrated after an update. Or an unusually large 400 line ajax implementation in ColdFusuin/JS that you need to migrate over from returning an array of JS variables to and XML file so it will work with an existing AJAX framework (so you can reduce the codebase and add features and improve speed from the old method), but you have to be careful because internet explorer (the only browser of the clients) keeps getting a runtime error and you can't test the code. Or when you change the domain name of your VPS and the liscense for cpanel goes all wacko until you ssh in and reset the hostname. Or when you migrate sites over and stuff keeps going onto the old shared account or...

I should go hide in the closet now.
 
Lazarus said:
The opposite is said by many people... I fear you are blinded by hatred of Microsoft, Vibro.
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hmm, so how does that solve any problems if I don't have a windows partition to install VS? To me it just creates more issues.

I already have a set of preferred tools that I am familiar with and am very comfortable using. Buying a 400 dollar piece of trash and trying to get it to do the same job doesn't seem very bright.
 
vibrokatana said:
hmm, so how does that solve any problems if I don't have a windows partition to install VS? To me it just creates more issues.

I already have a set of preferred tools that I am familiar with and am very comfortable using. Buying a 400 dollar piece of trash and trying to get it to do the same job doesn't seem very bright.
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He's right, Laz.
 
ChickenSoup said:
He's right, Laz.
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No he ain't. There are alot of people who don't think it's a "400 dollar piece of trash". :eek:
It's useless to Vibro, but it isn't to other people, so calling it a piece of trash just because you don't-can't-won't-shouldn't-mustn't-mightn't- want to use it is simply illogical. :rolleyes:
 
Ok you can pay the migration costs straight to me for lost time and productivity:

1) Windows OS: 120-300 dollars
2) Visual Studio: 400+
3) Time to migrate existing development environment: 2-3 weeks

I doubt you have even used VS, It doesn't exactly meet the needs of someone who is doing mostly web development (except maybe ASP). I have used VS before and while it is an excellent tool for some tasks it is simply way to bloated and pricey and doesn't fit the exact needs.

As stated before, I DONT HAVE ANY WINDOWS PARTITIONS INSTALLED.

I am not asking for your criticism, if I wanted it I would ask nicely.
 
I'm not criticising you persay, Vibro. I'm criticising your criticism of VS.

Thanks, SirThom - we try. ;)
 
Lazarus said:
I'm not criticising you persay, Vibro. I'm criticising your criticism of VS.

Thanks, SirThom - we try. ;)
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Right...so according to you:

1) I have to run windows
2) I have to use VS

I guess you haven't tried using VS to develop a PHP page, it is virtually worthless. JavaScript...HAH! Coldfusion...Don't make me laugh. So I should use software that isn't even designed for the languages I am developing on. I might as well use a simple text editor because that is all VS is at that point.

Do you use VS to type up reports also? If I was developing in C++ or C# I would gladly use VS if I had the licenses to support it. But for the intended purpose in my case it is about as useful as a bag of flaming fertilizer in the middle of a gas storage facility.
 
vibrokatana said:
Right...so according to you:

1) I have to run windows
2) I have to use VS
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Are you even reading my posts? Sure doesn't seem like it.

1) I did not say that.
2) I did not say that.

I'm guessing you're talking to someone else, Vibro. /quietly leaves the conversation he interrupted.
 
It's called perceived value. To one person a object can be worthless and to another it could be priceless. To me VS is a 400 dollar piece of trash because:

a) I can't even run it
b) I know of alternatives that are much better (and free)
c) It costs too much money
d) It doesn't even support the stuff I am working with
 
My previous post should've been a slight warning to you guys that you should keep it on topic. =/ I don't mind discussion about operating systems, application development, et al. -- but I do mind it when that discussion is fired up inside a thread about something else. Apparently you failed at focusing on the topic of the thread. :p

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