How do you keep track of your programming TODOs? [closed]

Answer 1

NextAction, from TimeSnapper

Answer 2

alt text http://www.86th.org/hudson.jpg We use the "Open Tasks Trend" feature in Hudson, this works for a slew of languages. For our C# project we have 3 levels of tasks and this is accomplished by different TODO: style comments.

• High Priority Matches on FIXME:, HARDCODED: or HACK:

• Medium Priority Matches on TODO:

• Low Priority Matches on MEH: or CODEREVIEW:

Hudson will then take this list and trend graph it as shown in the picture, as well as have a sortable, filterable list of the tasks and it will display the messages on the web page with links that will take you right to the line in the source code on Hudson.

Plus we can easily setup points of interest for code reviews with CODEREVIEW: and have a nice concise list to print out.

Answer 3

For C++ projects (native/ATL):

#ifndef _TODO_H_
#define _TODO_H_
#pragma once

// from atldef.h:
#ifndef _ATL_STRINGIZE
#define __ATL_STRINGIZE(_Value) #_Value
#define _ATL_STRINGIZE(_Value) __ATL_STRINGIZE(_Value)
#endif

// put x in quotes, no need to use #pragma!
#define __TODO(x)           __pragma(message(__FILE__"("_ATL_STRINGIZE(__LINE__)") : TODO: "x)) 
#define __WTF(x)            __pragma(message(__FILE__"("_ATL_STRINGIZE(__LINE__)") : WTF?! "x)) 
// prefer to use ISO-formatted date
#define __BUGFIX(date, x)   __pragma(message(__FILE__"("_ATL_STRINGIZE(__LINE__)") : BUGFIX: "#date" "x)) 
#define __CHANGE(date, x)   __pragma(message(__FILE__"("_ATL_STRINGIZE(__LINE__)") : CHANGE: "#date" "x)) 

#endif _TODO_H_

Looking for something like that for C#.

Answer 4

TODO (and other) comments are great with Visual Studio and ReSharper installed:

_{(source: jetbrains.com)}

Answer 5

I created a build task that picks out //TODO: lines from my code files and generates a report I include in team city. It gives you a quick way of see any outstandings on a project without having to check it out.

you can also use the CodeTagsPlugin with Trac

Answer 6

I like Mylyn a lot: integrated into Eclipse, works with many trackers as well as without (local tasks) and realizes new concepts like the focused UI.