Clean Code
by Robert C. Martin
Naming, functions, comments, formatting, error handling, tests: the craft of readable code. Opinionated and foundational; the Java examples age, the principles do not.
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you write code others must read.
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you are not a programmer.
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Three things you will actually use
- Names reveal intent.
- Functions do one thing.
- Leave it cleaner than you found it.
Do this first
Refactor one function to do one thing.
Our verdict
Code as craft.
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