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Better designs require fewer lines of code [#]. Maybe the person spends more time thinking than writing. Also think about a typical enterprise Java program - wr
by DenisM 8y ago
Better designs require fewer lines of code [#]. Maybe the person spends more time thinking than writing. Also think about a typical enterprise Java program - writing lots of boilerplate code is bound to create fantastic muscle/syntax memory and no useful skill beyond that.
[#] If this doesn't seem obvious consider the inverse - worse designs will inevitably require more lines of code to get the same result.
- CaptainZapp 8y agoBetter designs require fewer lines of code I think that's extremely dependent on context. I write mostly SQL and bash and would argue that both languages are not conductive to try to reduce size at the cost of future maintenance.
- z3t4 8y agoThere are simply no metric which can automatically measure code/design quality. Here's how I feel about code/design quality: 1) How many files I need to open to understand what the code does (less is better) 2) How many times I have to jump to follow the execution path (less is better) 3) How easy can I remove or rewrite this piece of code