The Hardest Part of Web Development: Being Patient

[DeluxeNames]

For me, that long dragged out time after the initial excitement of starting a new web idea and the finishing touches, is sometimes painful. I was never very patitent and always wanted to get projects done yesterday.

The fact is, sometimes web development doesn't work that way and it can take months or more. It could be a lack of funds, tons of coding, or difficult design. Maybe you even hired someone to work on part of the site and they're taking FOREVER.

This is the time when some of my ideas die because I've moved on to a new project before I have the patience to finish the first.

Do you experience this same pain/frusteration when your trying to finish a seemingly never ending project? How do you deal with it? I need your advice. Do you tend to whip right through the process and avoid this problem?

[danielneri]

heh. so true! i've started to many things, and then never really got around to finishing them either because some super annoying bugs or way too much coding or some crap like that

solution: go play some games, eat, and then continue. or just get drunk, though i've never tried coding while drunk...i should try that...

[DeluxeNames]

solution: go play some games, eat, and then continue. or just get drunk, though i've never tried coding while drunk...i should try that...

Coding while drunk!
That is next on my list Daniel!

What about the rest of you? What are your coping mechanisms to deal with the utter frustration of a never ending/stalled development project?

[EhKho]

Screaming helps lol

[pfgannon]

Chain smoking...

[EhKho]

...guilty

[daboss]

i think the problem is not impatience... the problem is that most webmasters have too many ideas and start on too many projects instead of trying to focus on a single one.

[Radavan]

Ain't that the truth Daboss
Ideas are good but too many are distracting

[EhKho]

They're not distracting if the person that has came up with them is capable of documenting them and possibly integrating with what they are currently working on IMHO

[Nuvo]

Another thing is that sometimes, those idea's can be overly complex when generally, they don't need to be.
I've seen people trying to carry out a simple task with some really large blocks of code which you don't really need as you could do the same with a few small functions and some better code.
I've seen apps where the interface is so over complex that I simply close and remove it (I happened to be looking at Invision Power Blog screenshots yesterday and they made me never want to use it).

I have hit bumps in the road myself when writing code, but I usually use my 360 until it crashes (seriously, the xbox was rock solid, but the 360 is like a sports car with a faulty engine... you just get into it and start having fun and bam, it dies) or put some music on and look around the internet for stuff to take my mind off of it (YouTube and Wikipedia are my friends).

[Darren]

At work I just take a wander, annoy the boss or go have a cig. Other than that I immerse myself in something else till the "vibe" comes back. If it doesn't then I know the idea wasn't good enough in the first place.

[DeluxeNames]

At work I just take a wander, annoy the boss or go have a cig. Other than that I immerse myself in something else till the "vibe" comes back. If it doesn't then I know the idea wasn't good enough in the first place.

Interesting, do you work at a design firm lurk?

[Darren]

Nope in a firm that makes accounting software. We make our own software from scratch though which means I effectivly have to be a designer as well as a programmer. Everything I make in work has to be user friendly, effective and good looking to make the product a nice thing to use. (yes moddy pink buttons not my choice )

Also I'm of the opinion that one kind of programming isn't that different from another.

We have many languages but we are all one family LMAO!

[EhKho]

Oh c'mon that software is hardly attractive or pleasing to the eyes, the pink clashes with the rest of the colour scheme used!!!

*sticks with Sage*

[Darren]

pfffffffffffft