William Gill wrote:
> I seem to be having a mentally bad period lately . My code is beginning
> to be terrible convoluted mess, and I shudder to think what it will be
> like to go back in a couple months and try to follow it, so I'm going
> back to basics. I need to flowchart what I'm doing. The problem is I
> can't seem to find anything that works well,and doesn't cost an arm and
> leg. I have an old copy of Smart Draw, but it's out dated and does not
> work right on WinXP. I seem to remember Nassi-Shneiderman Diagrams were
> intended to be implemented via word processors, but I haven't done one
> in 30 years.
>
> So, does anyone flowchart anymore? If so what do you use/suggest?

I'm with Dikkie. I design and document the design before writing code.
But I do it using OO methodologies.

I may not have a complete detailed spec for every single class - i.e.
database-related classes may have some shortcuts. But I still document
first, code later.

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