Seeing your old code
Lately I have been working on one of my oldest pieces of code again. This code is that of a website I created for my school about 2 years ago, when I had just started programming.
Given that (a) it’s written by a beginner (me two years ago) and (b) it’s PHP, you wouldn’t be surprised to hear that the code is bloody awful. Even for a basic CRD app (I hadn’t programmed the U bit), it sucks.
Hardcoded numbers and categories everywhere, no sign of code organisation, redundant code, copy/paste as a design pattern and inconsistent naming. It’s a wonder that information going into the database was even escaped. And let’s not talk about character encodings.
Needless to say, now that I’ve picked up the code again, it’s had a swift rewrite. It’s still pretty crap, but at least it doesn’t screw up completely if you type a euro sign.
Has anyone else ever seen some of their first code and gone: “I can’t believe I wrote this crap”?
I'm a 17 year old hobbyist programmer who programs in Java, PHP, Javascript and C#. Among the more interesting things I've programmed are a Javascript Simcity clone, and I'm currently doing a Java IM server and client. I'm also a big fan of video games, with my current favorites being Team Fortress 2 and Call of Duty 4.
I wrote a game 2 years ago, and when I looked at the code, I cried.
lol. At least it’s not just me.
I made a game once when I was 10.
It’s still up (http://clapclap0.tripod.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi)
The code is bloody awful