Posts tagged with clean code

Writing clean code

Jason McCreary, creator of Laravel Shift, wrote a down a two part series on how to write cleaner code.

To measure our change, we should ask: Did we improve readability?

Admittedly a bit subjective, but you push yourself to stay objective. I've been pair programming for the last two years. Developers tend to agree on fundamental readability. Where we differ at the edges. These nuances can lead to some pretty great discussion.

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The answer to did we improve code readability may vary from developer to developer and project to project. But always ask the question…

https://dev.to/gonedark/writing-clean-code https://dev.to/gonedark/writing-clean-code-part-2-9fn

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