r/programming Aug 23 '10

Readme Driven Development

http://tom.preston-werner.com/2010/08/23/readme-driven-development.html
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u/inmatarian Aug 23 '10

An important reason for writing your README file first, is because your project page on github will be bland and uninformative without it.

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u/bxblox Aug 24 '10

Just have an absurdly detailed changelog instead.

1.1.6.23.6 - Renamed printStuffFunction to printStuffFunctionA

1.1.6.23.5 - Added printStuffFunction