Words to code by

An old friend and mentor (thanks Lion) once taught me what I feel is the most important lesson in coding, at least while you're learning how:

Make it
Make it work
Make it work well

Ok, that may not be his exact words, but it's the best my addled brain can remember and it gets the meaning across. On days like today when I'm coding something for a homework assignment, and with every method I create I start dreaming of all the things I can make it do if I tweak this or change that, I need to come back to this mantra.

Of course the people in the OLC tend to stare when I start my chanting, but what good is a mantra if you don't say it out loud??