I've been frustrated with not being able to take an idea and turn in it to software. I seem to have trouble breaking it into writable (is that a word?) pieces. I guess you could call them requirements... I seem to get spin in the details. Any ideas out there?
Try a bottom up approach?
schwern on 2005-03-12T02:19:21
If you're getting overwhelmed by all the details, take a piece that you've got a pretty good understanding of an implement that. Something things will then coalese around it. If nothing else it elminates the Tyranny of the Blank Page.
Otherwise just don't sweat the details. Get some known subset working and start using it, adding features as you need. This approach requires some knowledge of Refactoring.
