On the weekend I wondered if re-implementing the IDE-like features of The Goo was really a good idea? Was I wasting my time? Reinventing the wheel? Am I nuts?
So I downloaded "Eclipse", the IDE of the moment, and installed the Perl EPIC plugin. The raison d'etre of The Goo is to help programmers stick Things together, and there is one feature I simply can't do without: the ability to traverse the structural associations in your program. For example, I often want to traverse the inheritance hierarchy - what's in the superclass? When I clicked on the "Outline View" in Eclipse it took me no further than the program itself. I'm sure the class browser is more impressive for Java programs but for Perl programs I came to a deadend fast. :-(
I don't know about you but my programs hardly ever work in isolation - they always involve other Things. When I write a program I often have to context switch between these Things (e.g., program -> output, program -> file, program -> database, program -> log, program -> shell, program -> other programs etc). The Goo should help you to make all these context switches - fast.
So I closed Eclipse, noted the stream of uncaught Java exceptions in my console, and jumped back into the bosom of The Goo. No more wobbles.
Sticking together the ideas behind "The Goo"
Thursday, March 16, 2006
Saturday, March 11, 2006
The Goo at Trexy.com
We are now starting to heavily rely on The Goo at Trexy.com. Lots of tasks, ideas, bugs, etc. have been filed into the Care[O]Meter. I can now see at a glance what's happening across all team members and what I need to do too. We are more productive, communication overhead is lower, and nothing is "falling off the radar".
I haven't used the "I feel like ..." functionality as much as I had hoped but this is because I have too many tasks with a high care factor! Maybe when the pace slows down feelings can come back into the equation? But will it ever? The harsh reality is, some tasks just need doing, whether you feel like it or not. Hmmm. I still want to design a human-friendly, task management system and emotions matter - more design coming soon.
The "strategic" and "tactical" functions of The Goo are working well but we have lost "operational" functions while migrating from the console-based Goo to the web/console-based Goo. I'm really missing the ability to view my current trail, traverse backlinks, automate Perl module making and test making. What am I going to do about this? Check out the Goo related tasks in my CareOMeter:
I haven't used the "I feel like ..." functionality as much as I had hoped but this is because I have too many tasks with a high care factor! Maybe when the pace slows down feelings can come back into the equation? But will it ever? The harsh reality is, some tasks just need doing, whether you feel like it or not. Hmmm. I still want to design a human-friendly, task management system and emotions matter - more design coming soon.
The "strategic" and "tactical" functions of The Goo are working well but we have lost "operational" functions while migrating from the console-based Goo to the web/console-based Goo. I'm really missing the ability to view my current trail, traverse backlinks, automate Perl module making and test making. What am I going to do about this? Check out the Goo related tasks in my CareOMeter:
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