Comments on: Code Documenting Article http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2005/04/28/code-documenting-article/ Daily posts of Excel tips…and other stuff Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:42:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: rvExcelNewTip http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2005/04/28/code-documenting-article/#comment-12075 rvExcelNewTip Mon, 02 May 2005 09:43:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1110#comment-12075 <p>My favorite is Practical Standards for Microsoft Visual Basic by James Foxall ISBN 0-7356-0733-8</p> <p>Availailable for as less as $4.00 through amazon<br> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0735607338/qid=1115023001/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-6431679-3323157?v=glance&s=books" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0735607338/qid=1115023001/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-6431679-3323157?v=glance&s=books</a></p> My favorite is Practical Standards for Microsoft Visual Basic by James Foxall ISBN 0-7356-0733-8

Availailable for as less as $4.00 through amazon
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0735607338/qid=1115023001/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-6431679-3323157?v=glance&s=books

]]> By: jjames http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2005/04/28/code-documenting-article/#comment-11750 jjames Fri, 29 Apr 2005 18:26:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1110#comment-11750 <p>Another good reference:</p> <p>Microsoft Coding Guidelines for Visual Basic:</p> <p><a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/library/h63fsef3.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://msdn2.microsoft.com/library/h63fsef3.aspx</a></p> Another good reference:

Microsoft Coding Guidelines for Visual Basic:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/library/h63fsef3.aspx

]]> By: doco http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2005/04/28/code-documenting-article/#comment-11711 doco Fri, 29 Apr 2005 12:11:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1110#comment-11711 <p>"Many become so laconic that you have to understand the code to be able to interpret the comment. "</p> <p>A great many manuals are this way: understood if known. </p> <p>I have a brother who during the Y2K thingy was a maintenace programmer for an international pharmecutical company. He would have entire programs printed out and I would help him track down various aspects of code for his attention. I remember going through reems of printed code that was written in HP Basic for which the only line of code in the entire printout was "whatever will fit in a womans purse" - the only line of comment and it made absolutely no sense. <img class="wp-smiley" alt=":eek:" src="http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_surprised.gif"> </p> “Many become so laconic that you have to understand the code to be able to interpret the comment. “

A great many manuals are this way: understood if known.

I have a brother who during the Y2K thingy was a maintenace programmer for an international pharmecutical company. He would have entire programs printed out and I would help him track down various aspects of code for his attention. I remember going through reems of printed code that was written in HP Basic for which the only line of code in the entire printout was “whatever will fit in a womans purse” – the only line of comment and it made absolutely no sense. :eek:

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