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Code Trails

Talk given at Paris.rb about seeing code as trail signs for future developers.

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March 04, 2014
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Transcript

  1. Code Signs Code as a Trail

  2. About.me • Co-founder at 8th color • http://pullreview.com • @martinvanaken

    • blog.8thcolor.com (Ruby, Code Reviews) Learning, reading, laughing

  3. Martin: J’ai une idée de petit talk, intéressé? Sylvain: Toujours,

    le CFP permanent est là Martin: Chouette, soumis. … Martin: Tiens, quand/comment faites-vous la sélection? Sylvain: Pas besoin. De facto pour le prochain :) Martin: Et le prochain c’est… Mardi. Ah. Bon, je vais prendre mes billets de train.

  4. What is code?

  5. None
  6. None
  7. None

  8. Another vision

  9. None
  10. None

  11. Why?

  12. You’ll need to get back Maintenance: up to 80%

  13. Other people will need to get back You Are Not

    Alone

  14. It will be at night

  15. None

  16. It will rain

  17. None

  18. The trail will be old

  19. None

  20. Avoid being misleading

  21. None

  22. Misleading names

  23. Misleading comments

  24. Dead code

  25. Drop your stones

  26. Name things

  27. Name things

  28. Name things

  29. Put code where it belongs

  30. Put code where it belongs

  31. Put code where it belongs

  32. Be stylish

  33. Be stylish

  34. Avoid complexity

  35. None
  36. None

  37. Test your trail

  38. Test your trail Q: How to know if your code

    is readable?

  39. Test your trail A: Read it yourself A: Have it

    read by someone → Code Reviews

  40. Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining

    your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live

  41. Code for Humans

  42. Thanks for us!