Extensibility is dependent on a given project. I have worked on some projects that required complicated extensible schemas and also on some that required none at all. As Jirka pointed out "It depends", and this is a crucial decision that should be made earlier in the project.

Joe

 

On 5/8/06, Jirka Kosek <jirka@k...> wrote:

bryan rasmussen wrote:

> 2. should one always build the most extensible application even if the
> current needs do not require extensibility - my personal opinion is
> yeah

I think that extreme programming folks would say "NO".
I would say "It depends". ;-)

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