5 Missteps when Writing Code

5 Missteps when Writing Code I’m often asked to look over other people’s code, and these are 5 of my pet peeves rolled into a post. tl;dr: bad documentation, no unit tests, unnecessary optimization, not auditing/logging, too strick adherence to methodology 5 Missteps in Writing Code Like most developers I am constantly struggling to deliver in the face of unrealistic or extremely tight deadline, which can be self imposed or come from external sources. As I will likely discuss …. View or comment on Daniël Crompton’s post »

5 Missteps in Writing Code

Like most developers I am constantly struggling to deliver in the face of unrealistic or extremely tight deadline, which can be self imposed or come from external sources. As I will likely discuss in a future article this can be due to over optimism or rigid planning in the face of customer demand. It can also be due to missteps which the developer themselves have made.