Chapter 3. Before You Begin Coding—Application Planning

The importance of application planning cannot be overstated. An application plan provides a roadmap for the development process with various waypoints and milestones signaling the completion of a phase of the plan. Developers often jump straight into the development of application code without a plan. It’s great that they’re eager to get started, but that’s not the most important thing.

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