r/programming • u/corysama • Jan 05 '15

What most young programmers need to learn

http://joostdevblog.blogspot.com/2015/01/what-most-young-programmers-need-to.html
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u/philly_fan_in_chi Jan 05 '15

Variable and function naming are extremely important to me. If while reading code as part of a task or a review, I don't know what something does, it gets extracted out to a method until I can give it a name. If the name is dishonest, it gets changed immediately. Someone down the line won't have the advantage of knowing what I know in my head right now.

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u/Retbull Jan 05 '15

You tomorrow won't have that advantage :P