The latest articles on DEV Community by Mark Pritchett (@markpritchett). https://dev.to/markpritchett 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%2F10663%2F1267889.png https://dev.to/markpritchett en Mark Pritchett Mon, 28 Jan 2019 19:50:41 +0000 https://dev.to/markpritchett/extremes-in-programming-4f2 https://dev.to/markpritchett/extremes-in-programming-4f2 <p>There are plenty of great articles on here for various programming languages / libraries and so I thought I'd write my first article on another aspect of programming - what I'm calling the Extremes in Programming.</p> <p>I saw <a href="https://twitter.com/jensimmons/status/1089611136666927106">this tweet from Jen Simmons</a> and thought it was a good time to discuss the topic of why people polarise towards one approach, often declaring it's the One True Way.</p> <p>I've come across many examples over the years, here's just a few:</p> <ul> <li><p>I would <strong>never</strong> use a SPA framework and the counter, I would <strong>always</strong> use a SPA framework.</p></li> <li><p>I would <strong>always</strong> use Stored Procedures versus I would <strong>never</strong> use Stored Procedures.</p></li> <li><p>I <strong>always</strong> use Microsoft products versus <strong>I wouldn't touch M$ with a barge pole</strong>.</p></li> </ul> <p>In all of the examples above, and any other come to that, surely we should just be picking the right tool for the right job?</p> discuss programming