Development Practices The “Clean” Code Debate: Recognizable is Better Than Readable As developers, we spend a lot of time discussing the finer points of "clean code." I'd argue that recognizable is better than readable.
Developer Tools For Code Consistency, Always Share Your Environment Settings IDEs offer plenty of options for sharing configuration settings in a team. Sharing configuration files enforces code consistency and reduces ramp-in.
Development Practices Making Changes in a World of YAGNI In many agile development projects, code will need to change frequently, and clean code that is easy to understand is easier to change.
Development Practices How to Evaluate an Unfamiliar Codebase in 15 Minutes You’ve got 15 minutes and an unfamiliar codebase to evaluate… what next? Try looking for these 7 red flags to help evaluate the health of the codebase.
