The problem with documenting code is that if you do it too early, it's just another thing to keep updated along with the code. And if you wait until the end, then you have no time or inclination to ...

Programming statements that can be easily understood by another programmer or even by the original author. Some languages are inherently more self-documenting than others. For example, to the novice, ...

Have been writing more javascript lately, to the point where it would probably be nice if we started codifying our documentation a bit using similar methodologies we use in-house for other languages.

Doxygen scans the code base looking for comment blocks that start with /** and developers may specify specialized treatment of specific comments by using Doxygen tags within a code block. (Tags are ...

The problem with documenting code is that if you do it too early, it's just another thing to keep updated along with the code. And if you wait until the end, then you have no time or inclination to ...

A reader recently wrote asking if it's OK to skip commenting functions that are “obvious.” He gave the example: I struggled to find any ambiguity in this definition and failed. It's pretty darn clear ...