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Comment by lordlicorice

For me, external documentation is the absolute worst scenario. It takes me at least 4 times longer to read through and understand code without comments explaining in English what's going on. Here's a real-life example:

  // Toggle between Dropdown and Text
  if(_protected.fields[field].fieldType() === "Dropdown") {
  _protected.fields[field].set("fieldType", "Text");
    } else {
  _protected.fields[field].set("fieldType", "Dropdown");
  }
I think it would take me about 4 seconds to figure out that this code "toggles between Dropdown and Text" if the comment weren't there. Since the comment is there, I can just glance at the code and understand immediately what it does.
parent lordlicorice 14 years ago

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