Good Code: Part Two of Five – Understandable Code

Roger Smith Hints and Tips, Programming, Software consistency, Good code, indenting, Programming, Understandability, variable name 1 Comment

Welcome back to our five week series, where we explore five aspects of code that should really be fundamental to code being described as “good”. This week we bring you part two. If you missed the first blog of the series, you can catch it here: http://blog.gravitycomputing.co.nz/?p=638

Much of the series is built upon Sara Falamaki’s talk, entitled “Happy Hackers == Happy Code”, which Eric attended at Linux.conf.au 2010 in Wellington.

January 15, 2013

Good Code: Part One of Five – Correct Code

Roger Smith Hints and Tips, Programming, Software Code, correct, falamaki, feedback, good, scope, zawinski 4 Comments

Everywhere you look and turn, our everyday lives are governed by principles and rules, even if only unspoken or informal (dropping in on another surfer’s wave comes to mind). The world of programming is no different, as many codebases are likely to have more than one programmer over a lifetime. In order to make life easier for others, many programmers follow the principles of “good code”. But that begs the question: what exactly is good code? More →