Engineering
Clean Code
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Common Clean Code Challenges
These are common challenges people face when gaining expertise in clean code. Tackling these challenges head-on can help you learn this skill quicker.
I'm a junior software engineer working on a team with experienced developers. I often receive feedback on my code reviews that my code is not clean and lacks organization. I struggle with understanding what exactly constitutes clean code and how to implement it in my work. What are some best practices and guidelines I can follow to write clean code? How can I make my code more organized and readable for others?I'm a software engineer working on a legacy codebase. The codebase is poorly structured and lacks consistency, making it difficult to understand and maintain. I often find myself spending a lot of time deciphering the code and making sense of its logic. This friction is slowing down my development process and impacting my productivity. How can I refactor the codebase to improve its structure and readability without introducing new problems?Work on your own challenge with the Practica AI CoachCurated Learning Resources
- How to Level Up and Write Better CodeOmar steps through how engineers can improve by reading source code.
- Goodbye, Clean CodeDan encourages engineers to consider how code evolves and the importance of trust in an engineering team, versus focusing excessivly on clean code.
- Making Wrong Code Look WrongJoel provides examples that explain an overall framework for clean code: "Getting the right information collocated all together in the same place on screen in your code lets you see certain types of problems and fix them right away."
- Write code that is easy to delete, not easy to extendTef discusses some nuances in writing code that can be easily deleted: copy-paste, boilerplate, code modules, and how to add new code that is isolated from old code.
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