It’s easy to talk about how to make your code more readable and maintainable, but it’s another thing to put those ideas into practice. We’re finally showing some code in this post instead of discussing ideas. We’ll provide a concrete example of how to layer your code and add abstraction to make it easier to […]
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Reading lots of source code is a great way to learn how to write code that’s faster to read. Unfortunately, I’ve spent hundreds of hours reading source code that could benefit from more organization. The code often comprises long, complicated functions, repetitious blocks, and a sea of low-level statements. It also has very few comments
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Have you ever struggled to understand your code or someone else’s because of poorly named variables? Correctly naming variables is crucial to writing clean and maintainable code. This article will discuss some best practices for naming variables that make your code more readable, effortless, and less prone to errors. Here are some best practices for
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I figured out how to do book reports without reading when I was a kid. I wouldn’t say I liked reading, so I created a system to minimize it. Little did I know this system was the precursor to Speed Readable Code. Why did I try to avoid reading when I was a kid? It
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Are you tired of spending countless hours reading through complicated source code? Do you wish there was a way to write software that’s high-quality and quick to understand? Look no further than Speed Readable Code. In this blog series, we’ll explore the benefits of writing code that can be quickly digested and discuss practical tips
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You’ve come here on a quest to learn to write perfect code, right? 😉 It’s noble and perfectly reasonable at first blush. It was my quest for a time. Unfortunately, and fortunately, there’s no such thing as perfect code. We may wish this or that bit of code was better. Others will likely find only
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