Share the time spent on your system coding/developing an application on daily basis!

its not how much but how well.

These days, you dont need to sit down coding, you all have it all packaged in the various applications, e.g. dot net.

Anyone who claims he or she spends the whole day coding is telling you lies or is not a good programmer,

LOL.

@LouisThoro u are right on that but unlike some languages .NET comes with a lot of components which basically does the job for you quickly but languages like PHP where you have to code every single aspect even the use of frameworks requiring coding but less. i think spending less time on coding is better, the only time you spend the whole day coding is unless you are creating a reusable library for future projects that will make sense. so less is better.

True Sis.

As much as i like coding i like doing other things.

One fact about me is that i can't remember when last i spent 4 hours debugging!

Ask why? When Donpuzo has a bug that has defied attempts by over 2 hours, he leaves it for another day!

When next i come, it tends to be easier. My Javaplus teacher Emmanuel Iyagwoya once told use that there is Spiritual heights in coding!

But on a scale i spend 6 hours a day coding! And the other chilling and reading Ebooks!

You?? At least a time?

Ha, PC. You are online.

Guess you got my mail! Please treat as urgent, i was lucky the client was smiling at the design and forgot the time spent on that work!

I would not be able to explain with "Sir, i have been multithreading" by sunday.

His reply will be. Multithreading on my ***,*** Naira

Biko ohhh!

True that i do that a lot spent the whole looking for bugs when i use to work only for me to discover error_reporting was off the next day taking a break is essential that way u relax ur mind.

@donpuzo am coming online now

was reading my C# book, but am working on the first one now,

I don reply you,

Thanks!

nice.

Maybe u guys are coding static websites or just coding login forms or u probably have very few jobs at hand.

I spend about 12-18hrs coding daily except on sundays where i spend about 6 hrs. Coding is my main business and i dont joke with my business at all.

I do enterprise applications from scratch with or without framework, it still requires time.

I'm coding an sms reseller component for joomla that will turn joomla into an sms reseller website and i cant think of any short cut than to code everything.
Even in dot.net, when u reach levels where you need to code two way sms servers or some mobile phone applications for enterprise, u will learn to code all day.

I code nothing less than 10 hours daily, i work saturdays and sundays too

yeah right.

I can spend 18 hours coding and at the end of the day have nothing to show for it, whereas someone can code 6 hours daily and have loads to show for it.

@LouisThoro, yeah thats you now; u can code for 18 hours (thats if u can), and you will not have anything to show for it; other can do same and have loads to show for it.

LOL

Ogzille don dey vex.

Code ko, code ni. Lets see the 18 hrs code. Even Bill Gates go to sleep

As a programmer coding should be ur work and part of your hobby.

The timing varies, depending on workload and schedule.

Some dudes can code forgetting breakfast and lunch,

Ogzille

I went through your website and your portfolio and then viewed the sources of a few of the pages. I will not spend 18 hours coding.

60+ hours a week. In fact, I am taking a break from coding right now

if you code for un usually long hours, please read this:

http://www.25hoursaday.com/weblog/2008/08/31/DevelopersUsingLibrariesIsNotASignOfWeakness.aspx

LouisThoro:

Ogzille

I went through your website and your portfolio and then viewed the sources of a few of the pages. I will not spend 18 hours coding.

I dont understand what u re trying to say

Answer this if you are great in programming and coding:


1=3, 2=3, 3=5, 4=4, 5=4, 6=3, 7=5, 8=5, 9=4, 10=3, 11=?, 12=?

@ LouisThoro, pls answer this so i can be sure u are good in asking questions

1.867 = 6.897, 7.4545=8.8766, 0.78666=4.65567, 6.0002 = ? 

Which day did webmasters section turn into question and answer section for great programmers? 

Interestingly enough .NET seem to be loads faster than php. Though i am still yet to do any project with asp.net, but these dayz since i had to go back to programming with vb.net, i just though it might be a great idea to take a look at asp.net - and its fun too.
Coding daylight hours is not a really good way to describe efficiency. Generally, the actual hours of coding i work these dayz is not up to 5 hours again per day.

@lojik yeah enterprise applications obviously requires more level of codes, am just trying to illustrate the point that few codes in less time and could generate a good result but 18hours is alright some code the whole day.

Lojik, don't conclude that we that spend few hours(Maximum 7 Hours) don't know what we are doing.

Let me point a fact to you. I spend over 14 Hours online. Researching patterns for applications i build, ahead of the next day. So when i code, i actually spend less.

Maybe you stay off research and spend like 3 hours analyzing systems! I also do analysis of pattern. That's obviously on the go. Or while eating in a fast food. It works like magic! Rather than analyze while looking at codes and call it part of my coding hours.

Those who call my line during the 7 hours, know i am offline! Absolutely. So my 7 hours maximum may be much more comprehensive than your 18 hours where you chat and code at the same time calling it "Multithreading"

@DHTML. Gbam!

I dont time myself when working so I'll just drop a bit of info on how I work. I am not really disciplined with work so I cant sit myself down anywhere to do anything for so so so number of hours. I just do the thing. . . sometimes for even more hours than I woulda imagined.

Waking hours (from 3am)
Face carried over bugs, if any.
Arrange my todo list using Windows 7's Sticky Notes.

Morning:
Face the most tasking jobs for the day.
Draw up storyboards, UMLs and do other planning.

Mid Day:
Face the coding jobs with lighter need for brain power

Afternoon:
Face the coding jobs with little or no brain power required.

Evening:
Time to CSS. I draw up my layout (css, xhtml, php) and mail the graphics pro (ogzille) dimensions for my banners.

Night: Time to take one babe out to the movies  . Different babes for different movie nights out.

Mid Night:
Server admin mode - Linux (time to do penguins). 


This pretty much describes my daily cycle. Its not very strict however. Some days I could break down and be so out of sync with work.

From experience I have seen that bugs I hit at night with no seeming way around them are grilled with relative ease once I wake up the next morning. There are however some bugs that you just can't leave for sleep because they will torment you in your sleep.


P.S: Thinking aloud: LoiusThoru removed his/her gender, 



Lojik, your wife suppose don disconnect something or super glue something for your machine! Bro I see you online even at 2am
I see Quadrillo at such weird hours too.

6HOURS DAILY PHP/ MySQL data base
saturday and sunday css/html reviews

u guys must be vibrantly young I guess i must be getting old, I only code (software/web apps) on request and it must involve a lot of money (at least over N500k) and it must be sell-able to hundreds of Nigerians for an affordable (quarterly subscription) cost. the rest of my time is spent, learning the guitar and sequencing loops on FL or studying reusable components in .NET rather than facing the rigor of implementing the feature from scratch. in all at least 2hrs in one week

^^ I want to be like you when I'm grown 

lagerwhenindoubt:

u guys must be vibrantly young I guess i must be getting old, I only code (software/web apps) on request and it must involve a lot of money (at least over N500k) and it must be sell-able to hundreds of Nigerians for an affordable (quarterly subscription) cost. the rest of my time is spent, learning the guitar and sequencing loops on FL or studying reusable components in .NET rather than facing the rigor of implementing the feature from scratch. in all at least 2hrs in one week

you are very correct

geez, like i stepped into a genie factory . ;Dam just consulting online encarta to really understand all these. its fascinating tho

wow its cool to know that we have such great numbers of hard coders in naija. Listen developed worlds, we are coming right at yah backs and we are coming fast.

If the guys that built this library you use that make you code for less hour do code for less hour like your all, the internet will still be in the 90's. Make no mistake about it, long hours of coding does not equate efficiency, but it certainly equates innovation.

Its a great attribute of a programmer, laziness, but it is also the signs of a dying programmer. Contradictons you might say.