Why does every developer think they are writing perfectly understandable code? Why is that same developer unable to decipher someone else’s code, lest maintain it? Because they’re all writing sloppy ...

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The ability to write clean code is important no matter which programming language you work with. When you work in Java, it's even more pertinent. Java has long been the world's most popular ...

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Spaghetti is good eating but bad programming. Follow these 10 best practices to keep your C# code clean, lean, and easy to maintain. “Spaghetti code” is a term used to describe poorly organized, ...

Let me flip the question, if we don’t, what happens? Consider for example a team of developers working together. A developer takes a copy of the current code base and changes it. As other developers ...