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Rant on Programming
25/7/03 16:02I like computers. I liked them even when you had to use DOS to load a game. I liked them so much (and, it must be admitted, was so bored) in junior highschool that I taught myself TI-BASIC. I know basic HTML and can look up anything that's not basic; and I remember enough Java from CompSci 101 that I can look at a JavaScript program and tell if anything's really out of whack.
I also like fancy software. Fancy software may not be cheap (good thing I'm using the Media Lab's money and not my own), but Dreamweaver and Photoshop are the industry standards for good reason: all the features, most of the bugs worked out through years and years of use from people who need their software to work right all the time, or else they don't have a job.
I like designing stuff. I like the fancy software and the programming because they let me change the environment (even if it is only on a website on the internet). I get to choose how things look and how people can interact with them.
Therefore, it frustrates me that I spent 6 hours today working with two top-end designing and coding programs, that the code they generated was apparently okay, and I still didn't fix the problem that I was going to fix when I came in in the morning. Which is simple: why won't this button and this picture change when I move the mouse over it?
The code tells me it should. The images are there and correct. Nothing is wrong. Yet the stupid stupid rollover won't work. Either the button changes when you move the mouse over it and the image stays static, or the image changes and the button stays static. It's the SAME CODE for the other button/image combinations, which WORK PERFECTLY.
At least there's the cookout in an hour.
It's really frustrating to spend an entire day and be no further ahead in your work than when you started.
Note: I also found a wheat penny from 1918. I don't think they're worth much by themselves (a whole roll goes for about $5 on ebay), and this one isn't in very good condition, so if anyone wants it, let me know.
I also like fancy software. Fancy software may not be cheap (good thing I'm using the Media Lab's money and not my own), but Dreamweaver and Photoshop are the industry standards for good reason: all the features, most of the bugs worked out through years and years of use from people who need their software to work right all the time, or else they don't have a job.
I like designing stuff. I like the fancy software and the programming because they let me change the environment (even if it is only on a website on the internet). I get to choose how things look and how people can interact with them.
Therefore, it frustrates me that I spent 6 hours today working with two top-end designing and coding programs, that the code they generated was apparently okay, and I still didn't fix the problem that I was going to fix when I came in in the morning. Which is simple: why won't this button and this picture change when I move the mouse over it?
The code tells me it should. The images are there and correct. Nothing is wrong. Yet the stupid stupid rollover won't work. Either the button changes when you move the mouse over it and the image stays static, or the image changes and the button stays static. It's the SAME CODE for the other button/image combinations, which WORK PERFECTLY.
At least there's the cookout in an hour.
It's really frustrating to spend an entire day and be no further ahead in your work than when you started.
Note: I also found a wheat penny from 1918. I don't think they're worth much by themselves (a whole roll goes for about $5 on ebay), and this one isn't in very good condition, so if anyone wants it, let me know.