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| From | Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.java.programmer |
| Subject | Re: Do C++ and Java professionals use UML?? |
| Date | 2012-07-24 14:38 -0700 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <a65u08tq75s01hb9000f59thohp7u4ieee@4ax.com> (permalink) |
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On Tue, 24 Jul 2012 14:18:15 -0700 (PDT), Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com>
wrote:
>Gene Wirchenko wrote:
>> John B. Matthews wrote:
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>>> I would argue that a single click from any included class or interface
>>> qualifies as "easily found." Naturally one may wish for more. When Java
>>> 5 - a particularly eventful revision- was new to me, I kept a copy of the
>>> API under local version control for the purpose of adding/updating
>>> useful links. YMMV
>>
>> One also has to know that it exists. I do not remember seeing
>> the stuff at page top that I see now. I was primarily concerned with
>> individual classes, so I must have missed it.
>
>This is also a problem with hardcopy docs.
Sure. At least with hardcopy, I know that I have the whole book.
(Whether that is all of the books I need is a good point.)
>> One big disadvantage of on-line documentation is that sometimes,
>> bits of it are hidden or not in obvious places. Hard-copy
>
>This is also a problem with hardcopy docs.
I meant in the individual volume.
>> documentation has the advantage of nothing being hidden. If you go
>
>I guess I'm less fortunate than you. The hardcopy docs I've used over
>the years often had references in other volumes, links to material in
>far-removed locations within a doc set, incomplete definitions
The docs that I have read have tended to be one volume, so yes.
>> through the whole book, you get all of the content.
>
>So why don't you have the docs in hardcopy, then?
How would I get them?
>Then you'd have no excuse to lack the information, according to
>your logic.
No, but it would be easier.
>All you have to do is go through the whole book, right?
At least, I have that possibility. With on-line docs, sometimes,
a page is accessible only from another page. If one does not know
this, one can be bitten.
>Also, you assume only one book's worth of documentation. That
>is optimistic in many contexts.
I do, and that is a good point.
>I've used hardcopy programmer's docs and online, and while you
>might find it easier to use the hardcopy multi-volume sets with
>footnotes pointing you to volumes not in hand, I personally find
>online docs both easier to use and easier to search.
I like both for their strengths.
I find on-line docs great if I already know the area well. If I
do not, their tendency to be fragmented can make them awkward to use.
Sincerely,
Gene Wirchenko
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