Task Management in Source Code
I often see something when I am looking at source code, that I will need to address to get to where I am planning on going, but that for whatever reason, I don’t want to write at that particular moment.
Instead of popping out to another tool to record that, I just toss in a comment right where it would be relevant. This has several benefits, the first such being that the task, a “TODO” if you will, is in context. A reminder of what you were thinking the last time you looked at a segment of code is plopped down right smack in front of you when you visit again.
Continue Reading…Posted by Phi Sanders on May 07, 2008
