Comments on: First Person Documentation https://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2009/06/02/first-person-documentation/ Thoughts, rants, and even some code from the mind of Barney Boisvert. Thu, 11 Sep 2014 09:58:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: denny https://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2009/06/02/first-person-documentation/comment-page-1/#comment-185209 denny Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:52:27 +0000 http://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/?p=990#comment-185209 I write code in every perspective. Reading it is a bit like watching a mix of Memento, The Usual Suspects, Fight Club, and eXistenZ. "Contextual Memory", I like that. I write code in every perspective. Reading it is a bit like watching a mix of Memento, The Usual Suspects, Fight Club, and eXistenZ.

"Contextual Memory", I like that.

]]> By: Hal Helms https://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2009/06/02/first-person-documentation/comment-page-1/#comment-181538 Hal Helms Fri, 12 Jun 2009 09:40:32 +0000 http://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/?p=990#comment-181538 As I like to say, Barney, it's the coding equivalent of "Be the ball". Nice post. As I like to say, Barney, it's the coding equivalent of "Be the ball". Nice post.

]]> By: Nolan Erck https://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2009/06/02/first-person-documentation/comment-page-1/#comment-180939 Nolan Erck Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:51:43 +0000 http://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/?p=990#comment-180939 I started using first person documentation after Sean Corfield mentioned it in a presentation. I find that the first person comments almost "write themselves" into the code. It's much quicker (for me) to think of how my documentation should be worded when done in this fashion. I started using first person documentation after Sean Corfield mentioned it in a presentation. I find that the first person comments almost "write themselves" into the code. It's much quicker (for me) to think of how my documentation should be worded when done in this fashion.

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