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note on importing; cleanup
author Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com>
date Thu, 04 Jul 2013 18:24:13 -0700
parents 3eb34cad5858
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1 Make It So! 1 Make It So!
2 =========== 2 ===========
3 3
4 templates for the people 4 /templates for the people/
5 5
6 So people generally do things the easiest way possible. If you try to 6 So people generally do things the easiest way possible. If you try to
7 get people to send you a file with, say, a "one-off" script, they will 7 get people to send you a file with, say, a "one-off" script, they will
8 probably hard code a bunch of stuff in it. Then, you're not really 8 probably hard code a bunch of stuff in it. Then, you're not really
9 sure what needs to be changed and because you're human you might make 9 sure what needs to be changed and because you're human you might make
10 a mistake. Worse, its a perl script and you're a python programmer. 10 a mistake. Worse, its a perl script and you're a python programmer.
11 You don't know what that script does! 11 You don't know what that script does!
12 12
13 And this is the time of the iceberg. If it really is a one-off, who 13 And this is the time of the iceberg. If it really is a one-off, who
14 cares? But quickly one-offs become a deployment story, and not a very 14 cares? But quickly one-offs become a deployment story, and not a very
15 efficient one. 15 efficient one.
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18 Making a New Template 18 Making a New Template
19 --------------------- 19 ---------------------
20 20