The setup

So you want to build a program? There are so many decisions to make at the start of a project that it can become overwhelming.

• What language/framework to use?
• What database structure is most appropriate?
• What is your development workflow going to be?
• What tools/libraries can help with the project?

And most importantly -

What do you build first? Second? Third?

This is the part that is most difficult.

• Start with a UML outline?
• Define API endpoints?
• Basic application scaffolding and user tables?
• Spent a week in designing sprints and breaking things into features?

Question for the community

• What do you do?
• What tools do you use?
• How do you decide what your first line of code is going to be about and the first commit?
• What tools do you use to plan out all the features and milestones?
• How far do you define the roadmap and do you do this all before before writing code?
• What project management software do you use?
• What role does pseudo code and database schemas play in the planning process/priority?
• Are there more modern or experimental approaches to getting started?

Any step may be divided conceptually into a first half and a second half. Before taking a full step, the runner must take a 1/2 step, but before that he must take a 1/4 step, but before that a 1/8 step, and so forth ad infinitum

• Zeno’s Paradox