m3rajk — Fri, 26 Sep 2003 16:15:43 +0000

Quote: Originally posted by ROB
And save them on a SEPERATE DISK! Oh lord I can't begin to describe the feelings you get when your disk with the project youve worked 3+ weeks on crashes and you have to start over from scratch. Not fun I tell you.

i had that happen once. since then i always have a remote server with a back up less than 24 hours old (if possible) my local machine copy and one on disk.. when working on a remote server, before i leave my computer for anything, even as simple as a bathroom break i pull a copy to my local machine,. and nightly back up to disk.

this way you have two copies local to you, and one remote... you're safe in almost all foreseable circumstances

ROB — Wed, 24 Sep 2003 02:26:05 +0000

Quote: Originally posted by nike_guy_man

3. Save backups

And save them on a SEPERATE DISK! Oh lord I can't begin to describe the feelings you get when your disk with the project youve worked 3+ weeks on crashes and you have to start over from scratch. Not fun I tell you.

Mark Hensler — Tue, 23 Sep 2003 05:14:44 +0000

Nike... if you know your db link variable ($dbi = mysql_connect()), then do this:

if ($dbi) {
mysql_close();
}

nike_guy_man — Mon, 22 Sep 2003 21:15:55 +0000

Mark's got most of it...
Things I forget to do:
1. Plan ahead
2. Make COMMENTS in the files... so important because I'll come back a month later and wonder what the hell that code meant
3. Save backups
4. mysql_close(). I cannot remember to put this. I'm thinking of putting it in my footer file that goes on every page but then i'd have to open on every page too

Good luck with your big project... I've been working on one for over a year now

KandieMan101 — Mon, 22 Sep 2003 20:48:45 +0000

I find that I do okay planning, but lack in the area of making scalable applications WELL...

Mark Hensler — Mon, 22 Sep 2003 19:06:09 +0000

Right now I'm working on something rather large, and the first thing I'll say is Plan Ahead.

I didn't do enough planning and drawing (white boarding) before sitting down to write the code. I have now re-written a single form library four times. I didn't do enough planing and when I started to use this library, I kept running into problems.

The more time you spend planning, the less time you spend writting and re-writting.

Next... I have a thing for scalability. Nearly everything I write, I write to be scalable. It makes it so much easier to expand when you don't limit yourself in the design. So, work to normalize your database.

Good Luck!