Re: Programing requirements - Guidelines - Code Revision and External Programmers - Am I wrong

What your external programmer gave you was a functional prototype, not finished code. To be finished it should follow all your style guidelines and handle all unanticipated exceptions.

You were quite right to reject it, though I'd give the guy a chance to turn it into finished code.

Submitting it as finished code and making the retorts to your criticism reflects inexperience (or outright incompetence) as a contract programmer. When code is to be maintained by any other than the original programmer it is essential that others "snoop through the source". Code doesn't need to just work; it must be understandable, too. Take a look at some of the great examples of open source software. All those contributors know that ANYONE can snoop through their source. They are meticulous with comments, good naming conventions, and follow project standards to that end. To due less is amateurish.