Coding in small steps can be boring

 Breaking coding down into small steps can make coding boring.


People sometimes say you should break down programming into small steps so as to 'keep it simple'.


I have got into the habit of coding in very small steps because I am often tired in the evenings when I am coding.


I spent several weeks adding an option to the settings page of my game.  Previously I might have done the whole thing in one evening.


However, I work on around 7 or 8 improvements to my game at any one time. I use a very old browser at home where I have no connection to the Internet, so I need to visit my local library to test on modern browsers.  Also my game takes several minutes to load on my 25-year old Pentium computer.



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