| Came here looking for POODR glad I'm not alone in suggesting this most notably TRUE software Transparent Reasonable Usable and Exemplary ought to be the norm in our industry As for feedback I typically start the feedback cycle very early on so there are no surprises at PR time and remember that it's all about the knowledge creation not proving how great one is as a coder per se in other words get in the habit of asking "how would you code this?" to the person eventually looking at your PR Even if one's implementation is rejected one's tests are still valuable, no? I usually code in some variation of TDD or BDD where tests serve as a framework for refactoring and we iteratively improve our implementation while increasing our confidence that the solution actually fits the requirements Here is my ten rules of coding in the spirit of Elmore Leonard - naming is hard it's also the most important task take inspiration from the watch repair channel a name for everything and everything with a name coding is 99% naming and 1% organizing
- never name anything "SomethingManager" it's an anti pattern and shows you have no idea what to name the thing
- Code is twice as hard to read as it is to write
- all writing is rewriting i.e. all factoring is refactoring
- vulnerability means giving it your all i.e. aim to be a 100% coder who gives it their all rather than a 10x coder who bests the field
- Never forget people used to do this stuff on punch cards and the first bug was a real insect also never forget people would kill for a chance to fill your shoes
- dressing up for work shows you treat your role with dignity greater than just yourself and still matters if only as a nod to the originals like Alan Turing and Charles Babbage
- if you only read one book read POODR
- avoid silos like the plague a team only succeeds if everyone succeeds and knowledge workers are meant to spread the knowledge
- remember Conway's lesser known second principle software is as fun to use as it was to write That and hang in there for the rest of us we're here for you too To the downvote brigade if you find my sentiments not to your liking how about an upvote for visibility with a snarky comment rather than an anonymous downvote? |