planning code

hey,

i know some/most of you guys write code professionally here - just wondering from an amateurs point of view, how do you go about planning what you're trying to code? Do you use pseudocode or flowcharts or do you just get straight into coding it without planning?

Planning is absolutely needed! Otherwise the code will end up in spaghetti.

First of all you have to make a plan. Write down all the options that are required.

Secondly, try to seperate display from logic. I and someone else have a FrameWork which is very, very handy. We don't type any PHP code between HTML tags. PHP and HTMl are strictly seperated.

I suggest you also write an FrameWork (cost you about 1 year )

When you finally finished the FrameWork, programming will be a lot easier.

hmm i always plan the logic first no frame work or anything, just go over the logic, when im sure its fine i go into the code using nothing but notepad(sometimes textpad)