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That's about coding, but it's not engineering, and doesn't work beyond a certain scale. Instead, you need to do something starting from user stories or requirements or some kind of specification; those will help you chose your implementation technology for a start. 'write some stories', 'order your stories' are the first two steps, version control comes before any code, and the first story is always 'research implementation technologies' (which is a lot more than 'pick a language').

Andrew McGregor
– Andrew McGregor

2011-09-06 11:54:17 +00:00
Commented Sep 6, 2011 at 11:54

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