clean-code.md

Clean Code

Comments are a form of "code duplication". Comments that describe WHY something is like it is, are very valuable

• Maybe Comments SHOULD Explain 'What'

#cleancode

• Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship Robert C. Martin 2008

  • ISBN: 9780136083238
  • Highly contended seminal text

• Criticality

  • Goodbye, Clean Code #cleancode
    • Duplication can sometimes be more readable and maintainable
  • It's probably time to stop recommending Clean Code #cleancode
    • Some of the examples in clean code are unmaintainable garbage
  • "Clean" Code, Horrible Performance
    • Comparison of runtime performance of #cleancode
  • aposd-vs-clean-code
    • John Ousterhout vs Bob Martin - full interview transcript
    • "A Philosophy of Software Design" (hereafter "APOSD") + classic book Clean Code