6 tips for writing more maintainable code

[Kent Sharkey]

Jaxenter[^]:

Not making code easily understandable for other developers will inevitably increase the cost down the line, especially if the person working on the code you wrote has no other choice but to start over from scratch.

Bonus #0: Write it all on one line, less scrolling that way

[dan g 0]

Less vertical scrolling anyway... ;)

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[Jan Steyn]

Keep variable names short. a, b c and d suffice. If you run out, there is always a1, b1 etc. That way you cut down on horizontal scrolling.

[Rob Grainger]

Simple, set your text editor to wrap lines.

"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough." Alan Kay.

[Dan Neely]

REM Please ignore that I don't actually know how to write proper VB6 :laugh:

REM LALALALALALAicanthearyouLALALALA
REM Makes all error messages go away
On Error Resume Next

sub UnpolishableTurd
Count = Count/MAGIC_NUMBER_CONSTANT REM ZERO_CONSTANT defined as 0 elsewhere
end sub

REM confirms UnpolishableTurd doesn't error
sub ICanHazUnitTest
UnpolishableTurd()
end sub

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Comment your code

Got comments

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Don’t forget about error checking

I handled every possible error

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Use less code

In as little code as possible

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Write code that can be easily modified

That's why I'm using a constant instead of hard coding my magic number

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Write code that can be easily tested

I have tests

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Fix the problem, not the symptoms

Oh elephant

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