Programming best practices ⚐

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A collection of common wisdom, mental models and best practices when writing code.

Tensions

• Programs should crash early versus Bad data should be handled gracefully
• Don’t repeat yourself versus Early abstraction makes programs more brittle

Practices

• Objects should handle their own methods
• Methods should state their intent in the name
• Only implement functionality when you need it

Principles

• Design by Contract
• YAGNI

Quotes

The skill of programming is the skill of building programs that don’t confuse the programmer. – Eloquent JavaScript