I occasionally get the opportunity to revisit code and rewrite applications i’ve written previously. Without fail i can always tell which of the applications was being used by me directly and how often i was running it, if not by the quality of the code… by the progress monitor i implemented. There are usually three monitors, and i can see each of them standing as a checkpoint to the next.
- DONE!
- Iterate through with some character dropped on the screen
- A Percentage completed bar that updates
Each one has its benefits and usefulness, so i figured id take a moment to step through each of them and where i use it, as well as how i coded it for the latter two.