I think a lot of people can relate to your experience (I spent a lot of time in front of a QBasic window and Flash).
When I read this though, I think I started getting what was happening:
>despite me having implemented best coding practice, and having my plugin include over 30 major original classes created by me.
It sounds like you might not really get what we mean by design patterns. I don't think number of classes is ever an interesting metric to people, but the fact that you mention it makes it sound like you might not 'get' what people are complaining about.
But I think another problem you might have is the people you're talking to the wrong crowd. Stack Overflow, for example, has a great community, and the people there show the utmost patience. It's truly one of the best communities on the internet(despite endless complaining here on HN about the proactive moderation)
The flip side is that you might actually be fighting back a bit too hard, and you might actually be the "annoying guy who doesn't want to understand". Always difficult with one-sided stories.
I don't think of a large project by the number of classes it has, and I was actually hesitant to place this in the post, but I needed something people could to relate to for a size metric.
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I think a lot of people can relate to your experience (I spent a lot of time in front of a QBasic window and Flash).
When I read this though, I think I started getting what was happening:
>despite me having implemented best coding practice, and having my plugin include over 30 major original classes created by me.
It sounds like you might not really get what we mean by design patterns. I don't think number of classes is ever an interesting metric to people, but the fact that you mention it makes it sound like you might not 'get' what people are complaining about.
But I think another problem you might have is the people you're talking to the wrong crowd. Stack Overflow, for example, has a great community, and the people there show the utmost patience. It's truly one of the best communities on the internet(despite endless complaining here on HN about the proactive moderation)
The flip side is that you might actually be fighting back a bit too hard, and you might actually be the "annoying guy who doesn't want to understand". Always difficult with one-sided stories.
I don't think of a large project by the number of classes it has, and I was actually hesitant to place this in the post, but I needed something people could to relate to for a size metric.