Skip to content

Tag: clean

Atlanta Code Camp 2015

I had the privilege of being a speaker at the 2015 Atlanta Code Camp conference. And I had really enjoyed it, and I will write up a post about it. But if you missed it or are curious about my talk on Clean Code, my slide deck is below! [embeddoc url=”http://tanyado.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Atlanta-Code-Camp-Clean-Code.pptx” viewer=”microsoft”]

Your code is bad… Take care of it

  Refactoring is often not done. “There is not enough time”.  “Its not your responsibility”.  Look. Refactoring can only *help* you. You don’t need to devote hours and hours to it. Just make small changes. And over time your code will improve. And for the most part. Most of us are not writing NEW code. We are maintaining code. (And you probably should not be trying to write MORE code, but that’s another story). And its likely you will be working in the same code base for the duration of your employment, or will eventually be called to return to it.…

3 (Nearly) Effortless Ways to Keep Code Clean

Keeping code clean does not have to be a huge endeavor. Just do a little bit at a time, and your code will be shiny in no time. Consistency in naming variable. From the database, to the middle layer, to the user interface. If they are the same thing, do not change up the naming. It will make it so much easier for both you and other people to follow the code. Delete commented out code. If the build is working without the commented code, then you don’t need it. Maybe it’s someone else’s code. But if it’s been there…