The software engineering notebook

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Post by Winterflow3r » Sat, Oct 14, 2017, 7:13 PM UTC

The software engineering notebook
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Re: The software engineering notebook

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Post by forkLding » Sat, Oct 14, 2017, 7:47 PM UTC

Is there any opensource things that can be a software engineering notebook or journal that is easy to use and painless?

Re: The software engineering notebook

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Post by qrbLPHiKpiux » Sat, Oct 14, 2017, 7:50 PM UTC

forkLding wrote: post #2

Is there any opensource things that can be a software engineering notebook or journal that is easy to use and painless?

A plain paper notebook. I’ve tried everything and nothing works as well.

Re: The software engineering notebook

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Oct 14, 2017, 7:53 PM UTC

forkLding wrote: post #2

Is there any opensource things that can be a software engineering notebook or journal that is easy to use and painless?

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Re: The software engineering notebook

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Post by traviscj » Sat, Oct 14, 2017, 7:53 PM UTC

forkLding wrote: post #2

Is there any opensource things that can be a software engineering notebook or journal that is easy to use and painless?

I've used wikis like Mediawiki and blogs like Jekyll to great effect for this purpose.

Re: The software engineering notebook

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Post by lima » Sat, Oct 14, 2017, 7:55 PM UTC

forkLding wrote: post #2

Is there any opensource things that can be a software engineering notebook or journal that is easy to use and painless?

A folder of text files.

Sounds stupid but I've yet to find a better tool.

I'll use Org-Mode if things get more complicated, but nothing beats plain text.

Re: The software engineering notebook

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Post by nsebban » Sat, Oct 14, 2017, 7:57 PM UTC

forkLding wrote: post #2

Is there any opensource things that can be a software engineering notebook or journal that is easy to use and painless?

OneNote works wonders for me.

Re: The software engineering notebook

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Post by acmecorps » Sat, Oct 14, 2017, 7:59 PM UTC

lima wrote: post #6

forkLding wrote: post #2

Is there any opensource things that can be a software engineering notebook or journal that is easy to use and painless?

A folder of text files. Sounds stupid but I've yet to find a better tool. I'll use Org-Mode if things get more complicated, but nothing beats plain text.

Yes, this is me. I just open up sublime text, and within the second jot down whatever stuff I want. Nothing beats it.

I do use notes.app, evernote for complex writing stuff though.

Re: The software engineering notebook

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Post by shams93 » Sat, Oct 14, 2017, 7:59 PM UTC

Usually they're work specific notes for my coworkers, its always nice to share a line by line account of your build process when you're using some arcane systems that require being built from source with really complex configuration issues to handle.

Re: The software engineering notebook

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Post by colechristensen » Sat, Oct 14, 2017, 7:59 PM UTC

qrbLPHiKpiux wrote: post #3

forkLding wrote: post #2

Is there any opensource things that can be a software engineering notebook or journal that is easy to use and painless?

A plain paper notebook. I’ve tried everything and nothing works as well.

This is true and somewhat infuriating.

I have a $700 computer in my pocket and the best way to write a grocery list is on a post-it found in the kitchen drawer.

I think it comes down to the human interface of a touch screen being slow, frustrating, and generally inefficient.