Focus Programming

I always seem have trouble setting aside long blocks of time for programming tasks. Its either the availability of time or my inability to stay focused or a combination of the two. Squirrel!, I'll be right back. See there I go again.

I have developed a set of guideline to help me meet my time challenge which I am calling Focused Programming. It’s really easy to implement and only takes a little prep work to get started.

Write down what you expect to accomplish. Be very, very specific. Here are some examples from my own projects:

• Verify all .png files are of correct size
• Add Spinning decorator class to background of "Finger On Dot" scene
• Fix rounding errors on Timer display
• Now, find or make a time slot and get that Focused Programming task done

Revisit your task list and check off what you accomplished.

Congratulations, you just finished a Focused Programming task.