Do you use nothing more than notebook and pen to sketch out basic flowcharts and diagrams for your pre-planning stage before then writing some pseudo-code and then get into actual code writing...?
Or... do you have actual tools / IDE features for pre-planning?
I only use tools if the result should look good because it's going to be used by a bunch of people or customers. Otherwise, if its mostly for myself, pen and paper are faster.
TheSheriff
Co-Founder, Founder, Entrepreneur & Problem Solver
TheSheriff
Co-Founder, Founder, Entrepreneur & Problem Solver
Pen and paper is always faster and easier for initial design specs, feature lists, network topology and roadmap.
Personally I also write down which features and points of the app are likely to be the most complex (not time consuming) and figure those out first with preliminary research - making notes as I go.