Rules of Dev
Wearing multiple hats
Does not conflict with "Go Deeper" rule, when you wear multiple hats, you can solve lots of problems faster, its all about the balance between those two rules.
Mar 5th'24
Go deeper when you specialize
The more specialized you become, the deeper you can delve, much like a nail piercing a wall.
Mar 4th'24
Storage is not memory
If device remembers it after you wake it up from restart (or after turning off or remove battery), then it is saved in storage drive, not temporary memory, which means you can access when device is offline.
Feb 3rd'24
Rush = Twice
If you rush it, you will have to do it twice. Going side by side with rule 'Only perfect is good', or something like this post Bathroom twice.
Jan 24th'24
Worst user = Best App
Give me the most frustrated user to test my application (The hardest to please), worst user, I give you the best application.
Dec 29th'23
It is locally saved
If you see it on screen, then it is saved locally in your device. Sometimes the simple rule is the one that is always overlooked.
Dec 16th'23
Smaller targets = Keep developing
Sometimes, if you keep trying to make tool better, you will not deliver. Make tool smaller to deliver sooner. Keep develop other features after delivery and have plans for more versions.
Dec 6th'23
Separate tool from Data
Did not think I need to add this one, but looks like lots and lots of developers are not considering this, it might be because most of current tools are inheritance of Access-DB-Based tools, where you have the data and the tool in one location. Anyways, SEPARATE.
Nov 4th'23
Microsoft Own Best Practices
Found a page about this exact subject Excel VBA Performance Coding Best Practices.
Feb 23rd'23
Programmer ≠ Tester
If you program, do not test; if you test, do not program. Yes, programmer does need to test their code, but that testing is not a replacement of user testing.
Jan 13th'23
User 1st
Seek what is best for user not Programmer. Programmer does need to go the extra mile to make user's life easier. Hate to see those programmers who chose to do certain things the easy way, because it was easier for them.
Feb 25th'22
User-driven UI
User is the final judge, the tool has to be organized, or structured from user perspective, not developer perspective. (more on that later)
Feb 7th'20
Min hardcoded
Minimum hard-coded variables, try to use settings table to allow user to change when needed.
Feb 22nd'22
Only perfect is good
If it is not 100% perfect, it is not acceptable. Only the best solution is good enough.
Feb 7th'20
Smaller = better
Use smaller subroutines or functions, the smaller the better. long subs means bad coding.
Jan 29th'22
Always-Subs
If need to use code more than once, then move it to function or another sub, do not have more than one place for same code.
Feb 7th'20
Always-Variables
If a string or number needed to be used more than once, the use variable, or constant.
Feb 7th'20
Tab = 3
Tab used in alignment is 3 spaces tab
Dec 6th'20
Align, align, align
Alignments to show flow of loops, ifs, withs, etc..
Feb 7th'20
25 spaces
In a statement of LET make sure you had the equal sign at character 25 (mainly in Notepad++ ASP language)
Dec 6th'20
About Bold.codes
Consistency to me seems to be more important than accuracy, it is bad, I know, so I decided to share those codes to make it easier for me to focus on accuracy and efficiency along with consistancy.
Programs and tools
I have that in a separate website called Programs.ws .
Bold.codes other names
Programming Language Overlap
ASP Classic can be used in JS+JQuery, in HTML+CSS, in VBA-Excel, in VBA-Word, in VBA or in VB6 platforms
PHP can also be used in JS+JQuery and HTML+CSS platforms.
JS+JQuery can be in HTML+CSS platform.
VBA can be inside VBA-Excel, VBA-Word or inside VB6 platforms.
Languages not listed above only work in thier own platforms, like VB6, VBA-Excel and HTML+CSS.
This is being taken care of when you create a module here in module page.
Please be aware, you my need to do some modifications after you download a module having overlaped languages since not all programmers can write codes to fit all types of languages at the same time.
| Module Language | Code Language |
| ASP Classic | ASP Classic |
| VBA-Excel | VBA-Excel |
| VBA-Excel | VBA |
| VBA-Excel | ASP Classic |
| VBA-Word | VBA-Word |
| VBA-Word | VBA |
| VBA-Word | ASP Classic |
| VBA | VBA |
| VBA | ASP Classic |
| VB6 | VB6 |
| VB6 | VBA |
| VB6 | ASP Classic |
| HTML+CSS | HTML+CSS |
| HTML+CSS | JS+JQuery |
| HTML+CSS | ASP Classic |
| HTML+CSS | PHP |
| JS+JQuery | JS+JQuery |
| JS+JQuery | ASP Classic |
| JS+JQuery | PHP |
Dev Logs
Page-DevLog.txt
Bold.codes history
Bold.codes history
It took me a while just to find what I am looking for, and sometimes I needed to redo my code, and write the whole thing again. I hated that.
It did get organized as I learned more and more, below you can see screenshots of how it was, started as list of files, then as text file, then inside Excel Macro-enabled workbook, then finally moved into this website.
Phase III, 2013 - 2017
Phase II, 2007 - 2013
Phase I, 1997 - 2006
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Children’s Privacy
We are committed to protecting the privacy of children who use our services. We encourage parents to engage with us in protecting their children’s privacy, ensuring a safe and enjoyable online experience. Please refer to our Children’s Privacy Policy for more information.
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This policy is effective as of 1 March 2018.
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Children's Privacy Policy
We are committed to protecting the privacy of children who use Bold.codes and its services. This children’s privacy policy is part of our approach to privacy, and covers the way we collect, store and manage information provided by children under the age of 13, in accordance with the US Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).
We encourage parents to engage with us in protecting their children’s privacy, ensuring a safe and enjoyable online experience.
Collecting information from children
At times, we may require information from children to enable participation in certain activities, for example, registering an account, customising a profile, or receiving notifications. When collecting non-personal information, we encourage children never to provide any details that may personally identify them or reveal their location. We do not require children to provide more information than is necessary to participate in an activity.
We do not use children’s contact details for marketing purposes, though we may use them for our internal marketing and research in order to improve the quality of products and services offered across our site.
Parental consent
In accordance with COPPA, if an activity does require any personal information (such as first name, last name, or email address), we will provide notice to and seek consent from a parent or guardian prior to collecting the information. We only retain collected information for as long as necessary to enable participation in the requested activity.
In the event we discover we have collected personal information in a manner non-compliant with COPPA, we will either delete the information or seek parental consent.
As a parent/guardian, if you believe your child is participating in an activity that collects personal information, and you have not received a notification or request for consent, please feel free to get in touch via our contact page Bold.codes. We do not use parent contact details for marketing purposes unless marketing materials are explicitly requested.
Safeguarding children’s privacy
We take security seriously, and do what we can within commercially acceptable means to protect your child’s personal information from loss or theft, as well as unauthorised access, disclosure, copying, use or modification. That said, we advise that no method of electronic transmission or storage is 100% secure, and cannot guarantee absolute data security.
Information abuse and community misconduct
We do not tolerate doxing (publishing of private or personal information about an individual without their consent), cyberbullying, or other forms of information abuse on Bold.codes.
If we discover that a child’s personal information has been disclosed on our site without the express consent of their parent/guardian, we will remove the content in question as quickly as possible and effect disciplinary measures (a warning, suspension or ban) on the offending account.
Third-party access to information
We do not knowingly disclose any personally identifying information or personal information provided by children to third parties. We may, however, disclose anonymised and aggregated versions of this information (analytics and statistics) for business, marketing or public relations purposes.
Parental controls and intervention
As a parent/guardian, you may at any time refuse to let us collect further information from your children for a particular activity or account. If you have given us consent previously, you may log in to your child’s account to review, edit or delete the information, or contact us via to request the removal of the information from our records.
Please be aware that the removal of certain information may result in the termination of the associated account, or withdrawal from the associated activity.