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Software is always more important

Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2024 6:08 am
by shewlykhatun708
The YAGNI clean code principle encourages the programmer to introduce additional functionality into the code only when necessary. According to the YAGNI principle, during development, you should program the software architecture in small steps, instead of starting from a general concept and pre-coding unnecessary features.

- Readability over conciseness

Any programmer can "rightly" say that what uk b2b leads really matters is that the code works and that it is understood only by the machine executing the code. However, other programmers need to understand the code, especially if you are working on a project with more than one person. Therefore, readability of code in software is always more important than its compactness. There's no point writing shortcode if other programmers can't understand it. Let's look at the following example.

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The name of the variable within the program should be self-explanatory. The following variable cannot be understood without explanation:


in contrast, the same variable but with a longer name and more descriptive meaning:


Of course, clean code is a much broader topic and it is impossible to explain it in a blog post. For more detailed explanations and additional principles , refer to the aforementioned Clean Code book.