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Is this something a lot of developers feel or is it just me?
When I've written some code that completes, for example a module in an application, I feel almost as though the code is a physical entity that I could pick up and hold. It's hard to explain and it sounds kinda crazy. It's like it really has become on object, but not in the OOP sense. It's no loner an artistic creation of syntax and logic but something quite real. If I write something scrappy in a rush I won't feel that however... I think it's just something I feel whilst I'm admiring my work
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It's probably becasue the code that you really put a lot of work into has some sort of significant tangible result. And, having written the code as a means to that end, you have a (generally well earned, mind you) attachment to it.
Your quickies, on the other hand, are probably written for something you want to just get "out of the way." Leaving you with less admiration for the end result.
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When I design my OOP applications I always think of a human body, with millions of different cells performing specific actions.. so in essence I sort of see my objects as "objects" when using my analogy
Is this something a lot of developers feel or is it just me?
Maybe ... Sometimes when I come up with a brilliant idea, code it and it actually works. It's not so much the code for me but the realization of the idea. Thought given substance.