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Thanks for the post, I am writing a blog entry on my site right now with the help of your guidance. It is more generic in terms of how to get into the files via ssh for a beginner, but I found this information very useful.
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I’d just like to point out that Peter is giving you a sneak peek at the upcoming second edition of High Performance MySQL here. This post is like the cliff notes version of the InnoDB tuning advice in the book. So if you like Peter’s posts, get the book when it comes out.
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Great post.
My personal experience is that much of the boredom comes when people start development without any thought into the design. By jumping in, people are restricting themselves to the most straightforward implementation, which usually involves a lot of copy-and-paste. If a little time is taken, then some of the repeated functionality can be identified up-front and handled before repetition gets grandfathered in. In some cases, real elegance can be achieved.
A favorite technique is the use of functions in a local scope. Haskell can do this (let, lambda, where) and, IIRC, Java can too. You create a function inside of another function to handle grunt-work, like setting UI parameters. Since this inner function isn’t visible outside of the outer function, you can create quick abstractions that don’t require larger commitments or planning. It also provides a great place to start refactoring.
My personal experience is that much of the boredom comes when people start development without any thought into the design. By jumping in, people are restricting themselves to the most straightforward implementation, which usually involves a lot of copy-and-paste. If a little time is taken, then some of the repeated functionality can be identified up-front and handled before repetition gets grandfathered in. In some cases, real elegance can be achieved.
A favorite technique is the use of functions in a local scope. Haskell can do this (let, lambda, where) and, IIRC, Java can too. You create a function inside of another function to handle grunt-work, like setting UI parameters. Since this inner function isn’t visible outside of the outer function, you can create quick abstractions that don’t require larger commitments or planning. It also provides a great place to start refactoring.
Keep the good info coming our way!
Regards,
Michael
Michael