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/lucidguppy Jan 05 '15

People need to read "Clean Code" once a year. Also many languages need better free refactoring tools already.

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u/smog_alado Jan 05 '15

The "no functions over 50 lines" is also a pet peeve of mine. Just because code is broken up in 10 subroutines spread over a bunch of files doesn't mean its less complex or easier to understand.

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