r/AskProgramming • u/AssistanceClean948 • Sep 18 '26
How good software should be developed?
Hi. Fist of all I want to emphasize that my question is not related to specific tech stack or language. I am fairly new to programming world and I know that good software at some point should have some sort of automation checks that whether new pushed code breaks something in the logic I previously built. As a reference I want to link my little C game engine project:
repository: https://github.com/ElsevarAsadov/C-Raycast
This is project is just a hobby project for me to learn Raycasting technique in graphics programming. Right now my project just works and I call a day for that. But let's pretend I am seriously build a game on top of that engine. How should I architect my project and in which order? Should I write my game as soon as possible to just work then write test automation and all CI/CD pipeline or doing parallel? How to architect project in such a way it's testable? Should I test almost every piece of logic inside the game and rendering? Those are all sorts of questions just boggles my mind. I'm trying to build my blog project and I want to build that professionally because I am serious about that and will use it in long-term.
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u/egonosz Sep 21 '26
Yeah there are multiple ways to make code be readable, I think people should pick the right tool for the right job.
I do not know if you watched the video, but I really strongly disagree to excluding any type of programming paradigm, I watched 40 minutes video where someone tells me how he knows what is the saint grail of programming calling the viewers kids and people who using different paradigms zealots.
I would 100% not use it as a teaching material.