We want to accompany you on the path to perfecting your skills; that is why today we bring you a few tips that will help you improve your skills in writing code.
Continuing with the previous topic of being the best programmer, today we are going to focus on an aspect that will undoubtedly open many doors for you.
Whether you are a programmer with a few years of experience or you are just starting out on this path, honing your skills is essential; staying up to date and experimenting with other ways of doing things can certainly give you a very nice upgrade and make you earn more.
We are not going to go into much detail today as we want to be very precise in these tips for writing code and strengthening this skill.
Keep your code simple:
Clean, simple, and well-organized code is very pleasant to read, understand, and improve, so we start with this aspect, keep your code as simple as possible, this will help you solve problems much faster, work better as a team and course stand out, eliminate everything that does not have to be or is “filler”.
Having cleanliness and order as your personal signature will please everyone and will help you improve yourself more every day.
Understand what you do.
This point is aimed primarily at those who are beginning to take their first steps in programming. Understanding what you are doing is without a doubt the key to progressing quickly in this world of programming. Mastering every aspect of the code you write will help you improve a lot and move up quickly.
Understanding code is about knowing and being specific in every aspect of what you write. What does ‘if else’ mean? And why should I use it, for example!
One key that comes from this is that by understanding the code, its purpose, and its variations, you can solve problems as the experts do, dividing the entire code into subparts and debugging them one by one until you find the error.
Don’t forget the comments.
This can save you a lot of headaches if you work in a team or if the code is very extensive. A specific comment on a section of code, a function, or a bug found can be the key between a quick solution or a real headache, so no matter how good you are, don’t forget about comments.
Another very important aspect where comments play a fundamental role is in debugging and updating functions, algorithms, or some other later aspect of your work.
Always avoid repeating.
The DRY principle, formulated by Andy Hunt and Dave Thomas in “The Pragmatic Programmer,” is the use of functions, classes, and instances to avoid rewriting code that has already been written once. This principle allows developers to avoid duplication in favor of producing much cleaner code. Optimizing code is often what differentiates a great programmer from an average one.
Research the topic and include it in your skills.
Each thing in its place.
Indentation is defined as a type of secondary notation used to improve the readability of source code by programmers, taking into account that compilers or interpreters rarely consider whitespace between statements in a program. However, in certain programming languages such as Haskell, Occam, and Python, indentation is used to delimit the structure of the program allowing the establishment of blocks of code.
Properly indented, delimited, and ordered code becomes more readable and makes it easier to find what you’re looking for.
Clean code is simple and straightforward and should read like well-written text. Remember this.
Standardize as much as you can.
Do a lot of research on the language used in the industry, look up the name of each action, and make it your “common vocabulary”. Having a standard language; calling each aspect of your code the same way everyone else does it will help you a lot to grow; and to be up to the demands of the industry in your growth projection.
Explore.
Be your own teacher and try to explore as much as you can. There is a lot of help available in the form of online courses with expert programmers.
Continue on this path of improving every day, you will surely soon be working like the greats, with lots of projects and making a name for yourself among the best programmers.
