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'Good code' is more of common sense than personal preference. Maybe you should have a look at one of the cited examples ;)
by wreckimnaked 14y ago
'Good code' is more of common sense than personal preference. Maybe you should have a look at one of the cited examples ;)
- andrewstuart 14y agoInteresting thought. This is the heart of my argument. "Good code is common sense" makes me wonder where is the science in deciding if code is good or not. When deciding if code is good or not, surely there should be quantified criteria for assessment. Code cannot be judged to be "good" or "not good" without specific pre defined measures of assessment. I would suggest that close to 0% of employers that want to "see your code" are assessing against pre defined assessment criteria.
- wreckimnaked 14y agoWell, scientific metrics of code quality may be more related to software design than the code craftsmanship itself. A good experience would be get 4 experienced developers to read and evaluate a piece of code; that'd raise some interesting practical aspects of their evaluation of its goodness.