Writing 2014-05-14

June 27th, 2014

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Writing 2014-05-13

June 27th, 2014

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PBP: 017 Non-Terminal Expressions

June 26th, 2014

This Best Practice is one that I’ve seen people argue horribly about, and I don’t get it.  The suggestion is to avoid doing a big calculation, with sequences of complex operations, in the middle of  a statement.  Take that complexity, stick it in a variable, and use the variable. Read the rest of this entry »

Writing 2014-05-12

June 24th, 2014

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Writing 2014-05-11

June 24th, 2014

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Writing 2014-05-10

June 24th, 2014

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Writing 2014-05-09

June 24th, 2014

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Writing 2014-05-08

June 24th, 2014

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PBP: 016 Breaking Long Lines

June 23rd, 2014

This Practice is about how to break long lines of code.  It suggests breaking them before an operator, so the operator serves as a visual cue on the left, where you’re likely to be reading, that this line is continued from last time.

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Writing 2014-05-07

June 22nd, 2014

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