Discussion: Application Design

Hi,
Just a small discussion on application design :) Have you ever thought on how you should develop an application, and then when the design is ready you think of a complete different thing on how that application can be developed (and you actually have the guts feeling that it is better) and you do not realize you are entering in a �vicious-loop� without knowing it!!
What do you people usually do?
Regards,
Sim085

paralysis by analysis? not in XP, matey, no wayBut imagien if I used the XP model and half way
through the project ... "Sh*t" if I designed it that
way I could have gained that, or it whole thing would
be easier to use, or could be extensible, or .. or ..
or (guess you get the point).
I used XP on small projects so far, were I was sure
the projects were not going to be kept alive for a
very long time! however really intrested to try it on
a full scale project! But these things worry me to
much!
At the moment I am contemplainting on whether to
design a WebService to be the backbone of my
application or else use a socket based approach so
clients can keep a connection always active with the
server ... so you can see that my design is really
waving between two extreems!
Regards,
Sim085encapsulate the connection method so you can use either a WebService or a socket, with no code change (embrace change). the comms method used shouldn't have any impact on your business logic

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