The latest articles on DEV Community by Hayao (@hayao). https://dev.to/hayao https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F163329%2F90af8501-f1ba-4a9b-9dc1-29239ff48a86.jpeg https://dev.to/hayao en Hayao Fri, 03 May 2019 02:47:50 +0000 https://dev.to/hayao/a-zeno-paradox-starting-a-new-project-2537 https://dev.to/hayao/a-zeno-paradox-starting-a-new-project-2537 <h1> The setup </h1> <p>So you want to build a program? There are so many decisions to make at the start of a project that it can become overwhelming.</p> <ul> <li>What language/framework to use?</li> <li>What database structure is most appropriate?</li> <li>What is your development workflow going to be?</li> <li>What tools/libraries can help with the project?</li> </ul> <p>And most importantly -</p> <p><strong>What do you build first? Second? Third?</strong></p> <p>This is the part that is most difficult.</p> <ul> <li>Start with a UML outline?</li> <li>Define API endpoints?</li> <li>Basic application scaffolding and user tables?</li> <li>Spent a week in designing sprints and breaking things into features?</li> </ul> <h1> Question for the community </h1> <ul> <li>What do you do? </li> <li>What tools do you use? </li> <li>How do you decide what your first line of code is going to be about and the first commit?</li> <li>What tools do you use to plan out all the features and milestones?</li> <li>How far do you define the roadmap and do you do this all before before writing code?</li> <li>What project management software do you use?</li> <li>What role does pseudo code and database schemas play in the planning process/priority?</li> <li>Are there more modern or experimental approaches to getting started?</li> </ul> <blockquote> <p>Any step may be divided conceptually into a first half and a second half. Before taking a full step, the runner must take a 1/2 step, but before that he must take a 1/4 step, but before that a 1/8 step, and so forth ad infinitum</p> <ul> <li>Zeno’s Paradox</li> </ul> </blockquote> beginners productivity requestforpost help