Or “write code like you immediately forget what you wrote” so it’s not a guessing game to figure out why you wrote what you wrote way back when.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What do I mean by that ? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Write code CLEARLY. Use constants liberally and give them good meaningful names.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So instead of writing a line like<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If asc(key) = 16 or asc(key) = 204 then<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nwhere 16 and 204 are not obvious to everyone maybe write this as<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Const ctrlP = 16\nConst F5 = 204\n\nif asc(key) = ctrlP or asc(key) = F5 then<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nAnd then even when you go back and look at this code in 6 months even you won’t have to guess what 16 and 204 mean.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Or “write code like you immediately forget what you wrote” so it’s not a guessing game to figure out why you wrote what you wrote way back when. What do I mean by that ? Write code CLEARLY. Use constants liberally and give them good meaningful names. So instead of writing a line like where … <\/p>\n