do the ammound of files effect your programming?

adam_uk · 08-02-2003, 10:21 AM

i was thinking today when your building a website or web based application

do you try and keep the ammount of files you have as low as possible or just dont care about it?

im building a program at the moment and for each section of the program there are like 5 (edit, delete, add, update and show) files for each section, but the time ive finished its gonna be huuuuuugeee

so what do you do?

crEA-tEch · 08-02-2003, 11:53 AM

im thinkin that its not so much the amount of files but the size they take up? im no programmer but im thinking if u shove it all into one file it would be around the same size anyway? so it wud be best to simply space them out and make it easier for yourself?

nick - (and hey adam

)

adam_uk · 08-02-2003, 12:52 PM

hey mate

yeh size is a matter in scripts but the scripts arnt going to be that big i was have this impression that the more files you have to more chance there is of something screwing up and also surely it must make things a tad harder to find errors

i dunno maybe im just dreaming

web guru · 08-02-2003, 07:52 PM

I would have to disagree adam_uk. I think that if you split your code up into different files , functions or classes that it makes it easier to find bugs. It also means that you can reuse your code, saving you time. In terms of size I dont think that it is effected no matter how many files your code is split up into, it will still be the same size.

adam_uk · 08-03-2003, 03:52 AM

yeh you have a point

oh well i guess i was dreaming

crEA-tEch · 08-03-2003, 05:22 AM

w00t! i said something that made sense, lol

nick

adam_uk · 08-03-2003, 06:38 AM

lol

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adam_uk Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 2,187	do the ammound of files effect your programming? i was thinking today when your building a website or web based application do you try and keep the ammount of files you have as low as possible or just dont care about it? im building a program at the moment and for each section of the program there are like 5 (edit, delete, add, update and show) files for each section, but the time ive finished its gonna be huuuuuugeee so what do you do?

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crEA-tEch NamePros Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 68	im thinkin that its not so much the amount of files but the size they take up? im no programmer but im thinking if u shove it all into one file it would be around the same size anyway? so it wud be best to simply space them out and make it easier for yourself? nick - (and hey adam ) __________________ M-Factor crEA-tEch

08-02-2003, 07:52 PM	#4 (permalink)
web guru NamePros Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 118	I would have to disagree adam_uk. I think that if you split your code up into different files , functions or classes that it makes it easier to find bugs. It also means that you can reuse your code, saving you time. In terms of size I dont think that it is effected no matter how many files your code is split up into, it will still be the same size. __________________ Paulicon Web design - Your one stop shop

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crEA-tEch NamePros Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 68	w00t! i said something that made sense, lol nick __________________ M-Factor crEA-tEch

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adam_uk Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 2,187	hey mate yeh size is a matter in scripts but the scripts arnt going to be that big i was have this impression that the more files you have to more chance there is of something screwing up and also surely it must make things a tad harder to find errors i dunno maybe im just dreaming

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adam_uk Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 2,187	yeh you have a point oh well i guess i was dreaming

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