Fellow Monks...

    I find it nessecary now to write this; I know how when someone knows more about something, his advice is very precise, and because he has been into that road before, he knows what's the easiest and righteous way to do things.

    It seems that every Monk here with a high enough rank advices all the beginners of using pre-made modules, and everyone is against manual coding when there is already a module that solves all the problem.

    If you are like me, I never use anything without knowing how it works.. and whenever some beginner asks for wisdom about a way for doing something, he is directly (often) advised to use that certain module... If someone wants a script that does a very simple task that could go with 10 to 20 lines of code, why load a module??

    for what I do... I prefer to learn how to do stuff... before I use a pre-made module.. if not.. how could I ever learn to maybe one day make a module of my own...

    my question here is : Is everybody against manual coding for small tasks??? or does at least someone agree with me that it's a good way to learn?

Chady | http://chady.net/

In reply to Modules Vs. Manual Coding by Chady

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