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Software developers. What do you enjoy most in the process?

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I am doing control software for measurement systems and the past few days I've been spending time on a new GUI and structure of the software. It's been enjoyable. Listening to music while working.

I usually like the development part the most, the raw coding in it self is not that fun.
To test and debug the system (I designed) is pretty cool to.

And you.....?


:beer:😀
 
Raw coding is my thing. I like to learn and use new techniques in coding.

I'm pretty terrible at everything else.
 
As I do no professional software development I don't have an actual phase I enjoy. Most of what I do is for fun anyway.

I have to say, the best part is when you spend a long period of time coding one specific feature (a new weapon system in a mod, for example) and then test it and watch it work beautifully.
 
Originally posted by: yukichigai

I have to say, the best part is when you spend a long period of time coding one specific feature (a new weapon system in a mod, for example) and then test it and watch it work beautifully.
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Seeing all your hard work coming together and perform A++++ is a great feeling.
Learning new cool features are lots of fun too.
 
I like learning how to new use new interfaces and new types of objects (like the Eclipse JWT for Java) and get them to work.

Unfortunately my job doesn't let me code as much as I want to.
 
I'm not much of a professional coder, but I enjoy the polishing phase when it all comes together and functions the way it was intended to function.
 
Originally posted by: yukichigai
As I do no professional software development I don't have an actual phase I enjoy. Most of what I do is for fun anyway.

I have to say, the best part is when you spend a long period of time coding one specific feature (a new weapon system in a mod, for example) and then test it and watch it work beautifully.
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better yet, when you thought of something that's simple (in some sort of 'duh' category) but feels like it's a breakthrough because nobody ever done it before (at least, not that you know of). so you implement it, it works great, and you show it to people and they like it and think you're a genious!

ok, that probably happens once in my lifetime since i'm not a full time software developer, but yay!!
 
Originally posted by: Modeps
I mostly enjoy when people change their requirements tenfold when you're 75% done.
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argh. happened to me a lot more often than what i would have liked. 🙁
that's why we signed on every requirements, demo, and even throw-away prototype now.
 
I dislike the UI part of it the most. But most of my stuff is for internal consumption only, and often just myself. So I ussually get away with a simple CLI
I particularly like the algorithm development, especially for non-trivial number crunching stuff, followed by the raw coding/implementation.
 
Originally posted by: ndee
Originally posted by: Modeps
I mostly enjoy when people change their requirements tenfold when you're 75% done.
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how friggin' true haha
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it *just* happened to me about 30 minutes ago. I was so happy you wouldnt believe it...

/me starts almost complete rewrite.
 
I like coding, but design is better, more my thing. I like structuring high performance, easily maintainable OO designs for programs. I like seeing the design pan out through my code, but the design is the fun part, the code is the work. The key is to know what you are doing, have it on paper, before you do it, that way it's easy, and trivially boring.
 
Originally posted by: Modeps
Originally posted by: ndee
Originally posted by: Modeps
I mostly enjoy when people change their requirements tenfold when you're 75% done.
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how friggin' true haha
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it *just* happened to me about 30 minutes ago. I was so happy you wouldnt believe it...

/me starts almost complete rewrite.
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It's ALWAYS like that. You talk with them, you make it like they want it, ah noooooo, I want it different, you do it, ah nah, etc.
 
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