How do you deal with bad code that someone else has written?
The best way to do it is by asking questions and showing your colleague the respect you would want if the situation were reversed. By asking questions instead of immediately criticising their bad code, you prompt them to self-evaluate their coding practices.
Why do programmers have to carefully write every step in a process when writing instructions for a computer?
Why do programmers have to carefully write every step in process when writing instruction for a computer? Writing 1 wrong thing could mess the computer up. How would you bring files created in one operating system into another if the were not compatible?
What are the preventions you should do to avoid programming errors?
So, here are the 5 best ways to avoid common coding errors, and become a better programmer in the process…
- Slow down.
- Test your code often.
- Practice.
- Upgrade your keyboard.
- Tackle your most difficult work first.
Why can’t I understand my own code?
When you’re Bill, if you’re having trouble understanding a code, it can be tempting to blame the person who wrote the code. After all, their job was to write code with good design, and if you can’t make sense of their writing, then they didn’t do such a good job. You may be right or you may be wrong.
How good is code review in software development?
Code review can be as good as it can be bad. You can organize code review only if you have developer who understand 95\% of the code and who can monitor all updates without wasting to much time. In other situation it will be just time consuming and everyone will hate this.
Is “bad code” bad?
“This code is bad. We should refactor it.” is something I still hear frequently. “ Bad code” has become the common way to refer to any code that’s not up to our quality bar. I’m seeing it become a defacto description across the industry, blog posts and in software engineering literature.
What are some tips for writing good code?
– When you have small team and code changing is fast. – When you write scripts that can be simply tested manually by their output. Remember that code with badly written tests can be more harmful then code without tests. Keep It Simple, Stupid. Don’t write complex code. More it simpler then less bugs it may have and less time needed to debug them.