UML should help you.
>Forgive my mixing of metaphores...
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>I'm finding it very difficult to pick up someone elses code these days to figure out what they're doing when they use object instantiation in code. It just seems hard to create a mental map when the objects and it's PEMs are not visible in the visual designer.
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>The debugger is a help, but still... some OOP program structures seem obscure and convoluted.
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>I guess I'll have to revert to paper-drawn diagrams to figure it all out.
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>Does anyone have any tips/techniques or tools to help me out? What are the best-practices for documenting such frankensteins?
Craig Berntson
MCSD, Microsoft .Net MVP, Grape City Community Influencer