Comments on: The Best Code You Will Ever Write http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-best-code-you-will-ever-write Tue, 08 May 2012 09:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Onkar Joshi http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-2/#comment-58362 Onkar Joshi Mon, 09 Aug 2010 07:05:25 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-58362 Got rid of a few hundred lines of code some time back that replicated something already present in the Java libraries. Joy! Got rid of a few hundred lines of code some time back that replicated something already present in the Java libraries. Joy!

]]> By: Elegant Code » Don’t Parse That XML! http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-2/#comment-58341 Elegant Code » Don’t Parse That XML! Sat, 07 Aug 2010 20:51:57 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-58341 [...] talked a few times about how the best code you can write is code you never write.  One of the major places I end up seeing developer writing code that [...] [...] talked a few times about how the best code you can write is code you never write.  One of the major places I end up seeing developer writing code that [...]

]]> By: A Calculus for Software « Principles of Software Flow http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-2/#comment-58044 A Calculus for Software « Principles of Software Flow Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:11:53 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-58044 [...] There is an equivalent paradox in software development, and the calculus for software development must be able to resolve it. The best code you will ever write is… code you never write. [...] [...] There is an equivalent paradox in software development, and the calculus for software development must be able to resolve it. The best code you will ever write is… code you never write. [...]

]]> By: Trust yourself but never trust your code « DreamXtream’s Blog http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57833 Trust yourself but never trust your code « DreamXtream’s Blog Wed, 23 Jun 2010 07:36:49 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57833 [...] http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/ Posted in Computer And Internet, Programming & Development. Tags: code, developer, quality. Leave a Comment » [...] [...] http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/ Posted in Computer And Internet, Programming & Development. Tags: code, developer, quality. Leave a Comment » [...]

]]> By: The Power of Func<> « Making the Complex Simple http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57800 The Power of Func<> « Making the Complex Simple Fri, 18 Jun 2010 21:47:19 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57800 [...] Code has been deleted… [...] [...] Code has been deleted… [...]

]]> By: Daniel Earwicker http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57790 Daniel Earwicker Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:46:28 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57790 I love deleting code. My favourite C# slimming-down refactoring is to find an interface with only one method, replace it with a delegate and then fix the rest of the code accordingly. Usually turns out that you can delete a bunch of wordy classes that are only used in one place, and replace each of them with a minuscule lambda. So much noise goes away. I find that photo of the falling backwards "trust exercise" scary though. I'm never going to trust anyone else to look after my spine for me. I love deleting code. My favourite C# slimming-down refactoring is to find an interface with only one method, replace it with a delegate and then fix the rest of the code accordingly. Usually turns out that you can delete a bunch of wordy classes that are only used in one place, and replace each of them with a minuscule lambda. So much noise goes away.

I find that photo of the falling backwards “trust exercise” scary though. I’m never going to trust anyone else to look after my spine for me.

]]> By: Translation Process of Source Code | SDD HSC http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57779 Translation Process of Source Code | SDD HSC Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:53:50 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57779 [...] The Best Code You Will Ever Write (elegantcode.com) [...] [...] The Best Code You Will Ever Write (elegantcode.com) [...]

]]> By: Jonathan http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57732 Jonathan Sat, 12 Jun 2010 19:22:43 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57732 So I'm a PO and only code on the weekends...but I LOVE this and (as my team knows) I am a huge supporter of clearing out cruft and dead code. Delete! So I’m a PO and only code on the weekends…but I LOVE this and (as my team knows) I am a huge supporter of clearing out cruft and dead code. Delete!

]]> By: Uri D http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57660 Uri D Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:24:34 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57660 IMHO, the reason folks are "afraid of the source control" is that nobody ever looks there. When a developer considers erasing code for functionality that *might* one day be reintroduced, he asks the question: "will whoever reintroduces the functionality use my code or reinvent the wheel?". He figures (correctly) that this other person (or himself after much time has passed and memory has faded) would not go through the entire version history to look for this code, but rather start from scratch. Hence the motivation to leave zombies lying around. While I don't advocate leaving dead code, I feel that we need some other mechanism to provide awareness of its existence. Even a comment saying: "Code for doing X was removed in revision Y" might do. IMHO, the reason folks are “afraid of the source control” is that nobody ever looks there.

When a developer considers erasing code for functionality that *might* one day be reintroduced, he asks the question: “will whoever reintroduces the functionality use my code or reinvent the wheel?”.

He figures (correctly) that this other person (or himself after much time has passed and memory has faded) would not go through the entire version history to look for this code, but rather start from scratch. Hence the motivation to leave zombies lying around.

While I don’t advocate leaving dead code, I feel that we need some other mechanism to provide awareness of its existence. Even a comment saying: “Code for doing X was removed in revision Y” might do.

]]> By: Markus Tamm » Blog Archive » 09.06.2010 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-best-code-you-will-ever-write Tue, 08 May 2012 09:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comments on: The Best Code You Will Ever Write http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-best-code-you-will-ever-write Tue, 08 May 2012 09:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Onkar Joshi http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-2/#comment-58362 Onkar Joshi Mon, 09 Aug 2010 07:05:25 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-58362 Got rid of a few hundred lines of code some time back that replicated something already present in the Java libraries. Joy! Got rid of a few hundred lines of code some time back that replicated something already present in the Java libraries. Joy!

]]> By: Elegant Code » Don’t Parse That XML! http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-2/#comment-58341 Elegant Code » Don’t Parse That XML! Sat, 07 Aug 2010 20:51:57 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-58341 [...] talked a few times about how the best code you can write is code you never write.  One of the major places I end up seeing developer writing code that [...] [...] talked a few times about how the best code you can write is code you never write.  One of the major places I end up seeing developer writing code that [...]

]]> By: A Calculus for Software « Principles of Software Flow http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-2/#comment-58044 A Calculus for Software « Principles of Software Flow Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:11:53 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-58044 [...] There is an equivalent paradox in software development, and the calculus for software development must be able to resolve it. The best code you will ever write is… code you never write. [...] [...] There is an equivalent paradox in software development, and the calculus for software development must be able to resolve it. The best code you will ever write is… code you never write. [...]

]]> By: Trust yourself but never trust your code « DreamXtream’s Blog http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57833 Trust yourself but never trust your code « DreamXtream’s Blog Wed, 23 Jun 2010 07:36:49 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57833 [...] http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/ Posted in Computer And Internet, Programming & Development. Tags: code, developer, quality. Leave a Comment » [...] [...] http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/ Posted in Computer And Internet, Programming & Development. Tags: code, developer, quality. Leave a Comment » [...]

]]> By: The Power of Func<> « Making the Complex Simple http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57800 The Power of Func<> « Making the Complex Simple Fri, 18 Jun 2010 21:47:19 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57800 [...] Code has been deleted… [...] [...] Code has been deleted… [...]

]]> By: Daniel Earwicker http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57790 Daniel Earwicker Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:46:28 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57790 I love deleting code. My favourite C# slimming-down refactoring is to find an interface with only one method, replace it with a delegate and then fix the rest of the code accordingly. Usually turns out that you can delete a bunch of wordy classes that are only used in one place, and replace each of them with a minuscule lambda. So much noise goes away. I find that photo of the falling backwards "trust exercise" scary though. I'm never going to trust anyone else to look after my spine for me. I love deleting code. My favourite C# slimming-down refactoring is to find an interface with only one method, replace it with a delegate and then fix the rest of the code accordingly. Usually turns out that you can delete a bunch of wordy classes that are only used in one place, and replace each of them with a minuscule lambda. So much noise goes away.

I find that photo of the falling backwards “trust exercise” scary though. I’m never going to trust anyone else to look after my spine for me.

]]> By: Translation Process of Source Code | SDD HSC http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57779 Translation Process of Source Code | SDD HSC Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:53:50 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57779 [...] The Best Code You Will Ever Write (elegantcode.com) [...] [...] The Best Code You Will Ever Write (elegantcode.com) [...]

]]> By: Jonathan http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57732 Jonathan Sat, 12 Jun 2010 19:22:43 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57732 So I'm a PO and only code on the weekends...but I LOVE this and (as my team knows) I am a huge supporter of clearing out cruft and dead code. Delete! So I’m a PO and only code on the weekends…but I LOVE this and (as my team knows) I am a huge supporter of clearing out cruft and dead code. Delete!

]]> By: Uri D http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57660 Uri D Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:24:34 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57660 IMHO, the reason folks are "afraid of the source control" is that nobody ever looks there. When a developer considers erasing code for functionality that *might* one day be reintroduced, he asks the question: "will whoever reintroduces the functionality use my code or reinvent the wheel?". He figures (correctly) that this other person (or himself after much time has passed and memory has faded) would not go through the entire version history to look for this code, but rather start from scratch. Hence the motivation to leave zombies lying around. While I don't advocate leaving dead code, I feel that we need some other mechanism to provide awareness of its existence. Even a comment saying: "Code for doing X was removed in revision Y" might do. IMHO, the reason folks are “afraid of the source control” is that nobody ever looks there.

When a developer considers erasing code for functionality that *might* one day be reintroduced, he asks the question: “will whoever reintroduces the functionality use my code or reinvent the wheel?”.

He figures (correctly) that this other person (or himself after much time has passed and memory has faded) would not go through the entire version history to look for this code, but rather start from scratch. Hence the motivation to leave zombies lying around.

While I don’t advocate leaving dead code, I feel that we need some other mechanism to provide awareness of its existence. Even a comment saying: “Code for doing X was removed in revision Y” might do.

]]> By: Markus Tamm » Blog Archive » 09.06.2010 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-2/#comment-58362 Onkar Joshi Mon, 09 Aug 2010 07:05:25 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-58362 Got rid of a few hundred lines of code some time back that replicated something already present in the Java libraries. Joy! Got rid of a few hundred lines of code some time back that replicated something already present in the Java libraries. Joy!

]]> Comments on: The Best Code You Will Ever Write http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-best-code-you-will-ever-write Tue, 08 May 2012 09:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Onkar Joshi http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-2/#comment-58362 Onkar Joshi Mon, 09 Aug 2010 07:05:25 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-58362 Got rid of a few hundred lines of code some time back that replicated something already present in the Java libraries. Joy! Got rid of a few hundred lines of code some time back that replicated something already present in the Java libraries. Joy!

]]> By: Elegant Code » Don’t Parse That XML! http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-2/#comment-58341 Elegant Code » Don’t Parse That XML! Sat, 07 Aug 2010 20:51:57 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-58341 [...] talked a few times about how the best code you can write is code you never write.  One of the major places I end up seeing developer writing code that [...] [...] talked a few times about how the best code you can write is code you never write.  One of the major places I end up seeing developer writing code that [...]

]]> By: A Calculus for Software « Principles of Software Flow http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-2/#comment-58044 A Calculus for Software « Principles of Software Flow Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:11:53 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-58044 [...] There is an equivalent paradox in software development, and the calculus for software development must be able to resolve it. The best code you will ever write is… code you never write. [...] [...] There is an equivalent paradox in software development, and the calculus for software development must be able to resolve it. The best code you will ever write is… code you never write. [...]

]]> By: Trust yourself but never trust your code « DreamXtream’s Blog http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57833 Trust yourself but never trust your code « DreamXtream’s Blog Wed, 23 Jun 2010 07:36:49 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57833 [...] http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/ Posted in Computer And Internet, Programming & Development. Tags: code, developer, quality. Leave a Comment » [...] [...] http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/ Posted in Computer And Internet, Programming & Development. Tags: code, developer, quality. Leave a Comment » [...]

]]> By: The Power of Func<> « Making the Complex Simple http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57800 The Power of Func<> « Making the Complex Simple Fri, 18 Jun 2010 21:47:19 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57800 [...] Code has been deleted… [...] [...] Code has been deleted… [...]

]]> By: Daniel Earwicker http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57790 Daniel Earwicker Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:46:28 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57790 I love deleting code. My favourite C# slimming-down refactoring is to find an interface with only one method, replace it with a delegate and then fix the rest of the code accordingly. Usually turns out that you can delete a bunch of wordy classes that are only used in one place, and replace each of them with a minuscule lambda. So much noise goes away. I find that photo of the falling backwards "trust exercise" scary though. I'm never going to trust anyone else to look after my spine for me. I love deleting code. My favourite C# slimming-down refactoring is to find an interface with only one method, replace it with a delegate and then fix the rest of the code accordingly. Usually turns out that you can delete a bunch of wordy classes that are only used in one place, and replace each of them with a minuscule lambda. So much noise goes away.

I find that photo of the falling backwards “trust exercise” scary though. I’m never going to trust anyone else to look after my spine for me.

]]> By: Translation Process of Source Code | SDD HSC http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57779 Translation Process of Source Code | SDD HSC Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:53:50 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57779 [...] The Best Code You Will Ever Write (elegantcode.com) [...] [...] The Best Code You Will Ever Write (elegantcode.com) [...]

]]> By: Jonathan http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57732 Jonathan Sat, 12 Jun 2010 19:22:43 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57732 So I'm a PO and only code on the weekends...but I LOVE this and (as my team knows) I am a huge supporter of clearing out cruft and dead code. Delete! So I’m a PO and only code on the weekends…but I LOVE this and (as my team knows) I am a huge supporter of clearing out cruft and dead code. Delete!

]]> By: Uri D http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57660 Uri D Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:24:34 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57660 IMHO, the reason folks are "afraid of the source control" is that nobody ever looks there. When a developer considers erasing code for functionality that *might* one day be reintroduced, he asks the question: "will whoever reintroduces the functionality use my code or reinvent the wheel?". He figures (correctly) that this other person (or himself after much time has passed and memory has faded) would not go through the entire version history to look for this code, but rather start from scratch. Hence the motivation to leave zombies lying around. While I don't advocate leaving dead code, I feel that we need some other mechanism to provide awareness of its existence. Even a comment saying: "Code for doing X was removed in revision Y" might do. IMHO, the reason folks are “afraid of the source control” is that nobody ever looks there.

When a developer considers erasing code for functionality that *might* one day be reintroduced, he asks the question: “will whoever reintroduces the functionality use my code or reinvent the wheel?”.

He figures (correctly) that this other person (or himself after much time has passed and memory has faded) would not go through the entire version history to look for this code, but rather start from scratch. Hence the motivation to leave zombies lying around.

While I don’t advocate leaving dead code, I feel that we need some other mechanism to provide awareness of its existence. Even a comment saying: “Code for doing X was removed in revision Y” might do.

]]> By: Markus Tamm » Blog Archive » 09.06.2010 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-2/#comment-58341 Elegant Code » Don’t Parse That XML! Sat, 07 Aug 2010 20:51:57 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-58341 [...] talked a few times about how the best code you can write is code you never write.  One of the major places I end up seeing developer writing code that [...] [...] talked a few times about how the best code you can write is code you never write.  One of the major places I end up seeing developer writing code that [...]

]]> Comments on: The Best Code You Will Ever Write http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-best-code-you-will-ever-write Tue, 08 May 2012 09:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Onkar Joshi http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-2/#comment-58362 Onkar Joshi Mon, 09 Aug 2010 07:05:25 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-58362 Got rid of a few hundred lines of code some time back that replicated something already present in the Java libraries. Joy! Got rid of a few hundred lines of code some time back that replicated something already present in the Java libraries. Joy!

]]> By: Elegant Code » Don’t Parse That XML! http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-2/#comment-58341 Elegant Code » Don’t Parse That XML! Sat, 07 Aug 2010 20:51:57 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-58341 [...] talked a few times about how the best code you can write is code you never write.  One of the major places I end up seeing developer writing code that [...] [...] talked a few times about how the best code you can write is code you never write.  One of the major places I end up seeing developer writing code that [...]

]]> By: A Calculus for Software « Principles of Software Flow http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-2/#comment-58044 A Calculus for Software « Principles of Software Flow Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:11:53 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-58044 [...] There is an equivalent paradox in software development, and the calculus for software development must be able to resolve it. The best code you will ever write is… code you never write. [...] [...] There is an equivalent paradox in software development, and the calculus for software development must be able to resolve it. The best code you will ever write is… code you never write. [...]

]]> By: Trust yourself but never trust your code « DreamXtream’s Blog http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57833 Trust yourself but never trust your code « DreamXtream’s Blog Wed, 23 Jun 2010 07:36:49 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57833 [...] http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/ Posted in Computer And Internet, Programming & Development. Tags: code, developer, quality. Leave a Comment » [...] [...] http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/ Posted in Computer And Internet, Programming & Development. Tags: code, developer, quality. Leave a Comment » [...]

]]> By: The Power of Func<> « Making the Complex Simple http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57800 The Power of Func<> « Making the Complex Simple Fri, 18 Jun 2010 21:47:19 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57800 [...] Code has been deleted… [...] [...] Code has been deleted… [...]

]]> By: Daniel Earwicker http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57790 Daniel Earwicker Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:46:28 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57790 I love deleting code. My favourite C# slimming-down refactoring is to find an interface with only one method, replace it with a delegate and then fix the rest of the code accordingly. Usually turns out that you can delete a bunch of wordy classes that are only used in one place, and replace each of them with a minuscule lambda. So much noise goes away. I find that photo of the falling backwards "trust exercise" scary though. I'm never going to trust anyone else to look after my spine for me. I love deleting code. My favourite C# slimming-down refactoring is to find an interface with only one method, replace it with a delegate and then fix the rest of the code accordingly. Usually turns out that you can delete a bunch of wordy classes that are only used in one place, and replace each of them with a minuscule lambda. So much noise goes away.

I find that photo of the falling backwards “trust exercise” scary though. I’m never going to trust anyone else to look after my spine for me.

]]> By: Translation Process of Source Code | SDD HSC http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57779 Translation Process of Source Code | SDD HSC Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:53:50 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57779 [...] The Best Code You Will Ever Write (elegantcode.com) [...] [...] The Best Code You Will Ever Write (elegantcode.com) [...]

]]> By: Jonathan http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57732 Jonathan Sat, 12 Jun 2010 19:22:43 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57732 So I'm a PO and only code on the weekends...but I LOVE this and (as my team knows) I am a huge supporter of clearing out cruft and dead code. Delete! So I’m a PO and only code on the weekends…but I LOVE this and (as my team knows) I am a huge supporter of clearing out cruft and dead code. Delete!

]]> By: Uri D http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57660 Uri D Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:24:34 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57660 IMHO, the reason folks are "afraid of the source control" is that nobody ever looks there. When a developer considers erasing code for functionality that *might* one day be reintroduced, he asks the question: "will whoever reintroduces the functionality use my code or reinvent the wheel?". He figures (correctly) that this other person (or himself after much time has passed and memory has faded) would not go through the entire version history to look for this code, but rather start from scratch. Hence the motivation to leave zombies lying around. While I don't advocate leaving dead code, I feel that we need some other mechanism to provide awareness of its existence. Even a comment saying: "Code for doing X was removed in revision Y" might do. IMHO, the reason folks are “afraid of the source control” is that nobody ever looks there.

When a developer considers erasing code for functionality that *might* one day be reintroduced, he asks the question: “will whoever reintroduces the functionality use my code or reinvent the wheel?”.

He figures (correctly) that this other person (or himself after much time has passed and memory has faded) would not go through the entire version history to look for this code, but rather start from scratch. Hence the motivation to leave zombies lying around.

While I don’t advocate leaving dead code, I feel that we need some other mechanism to provide awareness of its existence. Even a comment saying: “Code for doing X was removed in revision Y” might do.

]]> By: Markus Tamm » Blog Archive » 09.06.2010 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-2/#comment-58044 A Calculus for Software « Principles of Software Flow Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:11:53 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-58044 [...] There is an equivalent paradox in software development, and the calculus for software development must be able to resolve it. The best code you will ever write is… code you never write. [...] [...] There is an equivalent paradox in software development, and the calculus for software development must be able to resolve it. The best code you will ever write is… code you never write. [...]

]]> Comments on: The Best Code You Will Ever Write http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-best-code-you-will-ever-write Tue, 08 May 2012 09:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Onkar Joshi http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-2/#comment-58362 Onkar Joshi Mon, 09 Aug 2010 07:05:25 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-58362 Got rid of a few hundred lines of code some time back that replicated something already present in the Java libraries. Joy! Got rid of a few hundred lines of code some time back that replicated something already present in the Java libraries. Joy!

]]> By: Elegant Code » Don’t Parse That XML! http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-2/#comment-58341 Elegant Code » Don’t Parse That XML! Sat, 07 Aug 2010 20:51:57 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-58341 [...] talked a few times about how the best code you can write is code you never write.  One of the major places I end up seeing developer writing code that [...] [...] talked a few times about how the best code you can write is code you never write.  One of the major places I end up seeing developer writing code that [...]

]]> By: A Calculus for Software « Principles of Software Flow http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-2/#comment-58044 A Calculus for Software « Principles of Software Flow Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:11:53 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-58044 [...] There is an equivalent paradox in software development, and the calculus for software development must be able to resolve it. The best code you will ever write is… code you never write. [...] [...] There is an equivalent paradox in software development, and the calculus for software development must be able to resolve it. The best code you will ever write is… code you never write. [...]

]]> By: Trust yourself but never trust your code « DreamXtream’s Blog http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57833 Trust yourself but never trust your code « DreamXtream’s Blog Wed, 23 Jun 2010 07:36:49 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57833 [...] http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/ Posted in Computer And Internet, Programming & Development. Tags: code, developer, quality. Leave a Comment » [...] [...] http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/ Posted in Computer And Internet, Programming & Development. Tags: code, developer, quality. Leave a Comment » [...]

]]> By: The Power of Func<> « Making the Complex Simple http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57800 The Power of Func<> « Making the Complex Simple Fri, 18 Jun 2010 21:47:19 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57800 [...] Code has been deleted… [...] [...] Code has been deleted… [...]

]]> By: Daniel Earwicker http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57790 Daniel Earwicker Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:46:28 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57790 I love deleting code. My favourite C# slimming-down refactoring is to find an interface with only one method, replace it with a delegate and then fix the rest of the code accordingly. Usually turns out that you can delete a bunch of wordy classes that are only used in one place, and replace each of them with a minuscule lambda. So much noise goes away. I find that photo of the falling backwards "trust exercise" scary though. I'm never going to trust anyone else to look after my spine for me. I love deleting code. My favourite C# slimming-down refactoring is to find an interface with only one method, replace it with a delegate and then fix the rest of the code accordingly. Usually turns out that you can delete a bunch of wordy classes that are only used in one place, and replace each of them with a minuscule lambda. So much noise goes away.

I find that photo of the falling backwards “trust exercise” scary though. I’m never going to trust anyone else to look after my spine for me.

]]> By: Translation Process of Source Code | SDD HSC http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57779 Translation Process of Source Code | SDD HSC Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:53:50 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57779 [...] The Best Code You Will Ever Write (elegantcode.com) [...] [...] The Best Code You Will Ever Write (elegantcode.com) [...]

]]> By: Jonathan http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57732 Jonathan Sat, 12 Jun 2010 19:22:43 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57732 So I'm a PO and only code on the weekends...but I LOVE this and (as my team knows) I am a huge supporter of clearing out cruft and dead code. Delete! So I’m a PO and only code on the weekends…but I LOVE this and (as my team knows) I am a huge supporter of clearing out cruft and dead code. Delete!

]]> By: Uri D http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57660 Uri D Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:24:34 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57660 IMHO, the reason folks are "afraid of the source control" is that nobody ever looks there. When a developer considers erasing code for functionality that *might* one day be reintroduced, he asks the question: "will whoever reintroduces the functionality use my code or reinvent the wheel?". He figures (correctly) that this other person (or himself after much time has passed and memory has faded) would not go through the entire version history to look for this code, but rather start from scratch. Hence the motivation to leave zombies lying around. While I don't advocate leaving dead code, I feel that we need some other mechanism to provide awareness of its existence. Even a comment saying: "Code for doing X was removed in revision Y" might do. IMHO, the reason folks are “afraid of the source control” is that nobody ever looks there.

When a developer considers erasing code for functionality that *might* one day be reintroduced, he asks the question: “will whoever reintroduces the functionality use my code or reinvent the wheel?”.

He figures (correctly) that this other person (or himself after much time has passed and memory has faded) would not go through the entire version history to look for this code, but rather start from scratch. Hence the motivation to leave zombies lying around.

While I don’t advocate leaving dead code, I feel that we need some other mechanism to provide awareness of its existence. Even a comment saying: “Code for doing X was removed in revision Y” might do.

]]> By: Markus Tamm » Blog Archive » 09.06.2010 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57833 Trust yourself but never trust your code « DreamXtream’s Blog Wed, 23 Jun 2010 07:36:49 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57833 [...] http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/ Posted in Computer And Internet, Programming & Development. Tags: code, developer, quality. Leave a Comment » [...] [...] http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/ Posted in Computer And Internet, Programming & Development. Tags: code, developer, quality. Leave a Comment » [...]

]]> Comments on: The Best Code You Will Ever Write http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-best-code-you-will-ever-write Tue, 08 May 2012 09:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Onkar Joshi http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-2/#comment-58362 Onkar Joshi Mon, 09 Aug 2010 07:05:25 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-58362 Got rid of a few hundred lines of code some time back that replicated something already present in the Java libraries. Joy! Got rid of a few hundred lines of code some time back that replicated something already present in the Java libraries. Joy!

]]> By: Elegant Code » Don’t Parse That XML! http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-2/#comment-58341 Elegant Code » Don’t Parse That XML! Sat, 07 Aug 2010 20:51:57 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-58341 [...] talked a few times about how the best code you can write is code you never write.  One of the major places I end up seeing developer writing code that [...] [...] talked a few times about how the best code you can write is code you never write.  One of the major places I end up seeing developer writing code that [...]

]]> By: A Calculus for Software « Principles of Software Flow http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-2/#comment-58044 A Calculus for Software « Principles of Software Flow Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:11:53 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-58044 [...] There is an equivalent paradox in software development, and the calculus for software development must be able to resolve it. The best code you will ever write is… code you never write. [...] [...] There is an equivalent paradox in software development, and the calculus for software development must be able to resolve it. The best code you will ever write is… code you never write. [...]

]]> By: Trust yourself but never trust your code « DreamXtream’s Blog http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57833 Trust yourself but never trust your code « DreamXtream’s Blog Wed, 23 Jun 2010 07:36:49 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57833 [...] http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/ Posted in Computer And Internet, Programming & Development. Tags: code, developer, quality. Leave a Comment » [...] [...] http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/ Posted in Computer And Internet, Programming & Development. Tags: code, developer, quality. Leave a Comment » [...]

]]> By: The Power of Func<> « Making the Complex Simple http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57800 The Power of Func<> « Making the Complex Simple Fri, 18 Jun 2010 21:47:19 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57800 [...] Code has been deleted… [...] [...] Code has been deleted… [...]

]]> By: Daniel Earwicker http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57790 Daniel Earwicker Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:46:28 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57790 I love deleting code. My favourite C# slimming-down refactoring is to find an interface with only one method, replace it with a delegate and then fix the rest of the code accordingly. Usually turns out that you can delete a bunch of wordy classes that are only used in one place, and replace each of them with a minuscule lambda. So much noise goes away. I find that photo of the falling backwards "trust exercise" scary though. I'm never going to trust anyone else to look after my spine for me. I love deleting code. My favourite C# slimming-down refactoring is to find an interface with only one method, replace it with a delegate and then fix the rest of the code accordingly. Usually turns out that you can delete a bunch of wordy classes that are only used in one place, and replace each of them with a minuscule lambda. So much noise goes away.

I find that photo of the falling backwards “trust exercise” scary though. I’m never going to trust anyone else to look after my spine for me.

]]> By: Translation Process of Source Code | SDD HSC http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57779 Translation Process of Source Code | SDD HSC Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:53:50 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57779 [...] The Best Code You Will Ever Write (elegantcode.com) [...] [...] The Best Code You Will Ever Write (elegantcode.com) [...]

]]> By: Jonathan http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57732 Jonathan Sat, 12 Jun 2010 19:22:43 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57732 So I'm a PO and only code on the weekends...but I LOVE this and (as my team knows) I am a huge supporter of clearing out cruft and dead code. Delete! So I’m a PO and only code on the weekends…but I LOVE this and (as my team knows) I am a huge supporter of clearing out cruft and dead code. Delete!

]]> By: Uri D http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57660 Uri D Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:24:34 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57660 IMHO, the reason folks are "afraid of the source control" is that nobody ever looks there. When a developer considers erasing code for functionality that *might* one day be reintroduced, he asks the question: "will whoever reintroduces the functionality use my code or reinvent the wheel?". He figures (correctly) that this other person (or himself after much time has passed and memory has faded) would not go through the entire version history to look for this code, but rather start from scratch. Hence the motivation to leave zombies lying around. While I don't advocate leaving dead code, I feel that we need some other mechanism to provide awareness of its existence. Even a comment saying: "Code for doing X was removed in revision Y" might do. IMHO, the reason folks are “afraid of the source control” is that nobody ever looks there.

When a developer considers erasing code for functionality that *might* one day be reintroduced, he asks the question: “will whoever reintroduces the functionality use my code or reinvent the wheel?”.

He figures (correctly) that this other person (or himself after much time has passed and memory has faded) would not go through the entire version history to look for this code, but rather start from scratch. Hence the motivation to leave zombies lying around.

While I don’t advocate leaving dead code, I feel that we need some other mechanism to provide awareness of its existence. Even a comment saying: “Code for doing X was removed in revision Y” might do.

]]> By: Markus Tamm » Blog Archive » 09.06.2010 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57800 The Power of Func<> « Making the Complex Simple Fri, 18 Jun 2010 21:47:19 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57800 [...] Code has been deleted… [...] [...] Code has been deleted… [...]

]]> Comments on: The Best Code You Will Ever Write http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-best-code-you-will-ever-write Tue, 08 May 2012 09:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Onkar Joshi http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-2/#comment-58362 Onkar Joshi Mon, 09 Aug 2010 07:05:25 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-58362 Got rid of a few hundred lines of code some time back that replicated something already present in the Java libraries. Joy! Got rid of a few hundred lines of code some time back that replicated something already present in the Java libraries. Joy!

]]> By: Elegant Code » Don’t Parse That XML! http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-2/#comment-58341 Elegant Code » Don’t Parse That XML! Sat, 07 Aug 2010 20:51:57 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-58341 [...] talked a few times about how the best code you can write is code you never write.  One of the major places I end up seeing developer writing code that [...] [...] talked a few times about how the best code you can write is code you never write.  One of the major places I end up seeing developer writing code that [...]

]]> By: A Calculus for Software « Principles of Software Flow http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-2/#comment-58044 A Calculus for Software « Principles of Software Flow Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:11:53 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-58044 [...] There is an equivalent paradox in software development, and the calculus for software development must be able to resolve it. The best code you will ever write is… code you never write. [...] [...] There is an equivalent paradox in software development, and the calculus for software development must be able to resolve it. The best code you will ever write is… code you never write. [...]

]]> By: Trust yourself but never trust your code « DreamXtream’s Blog http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57833 Trust yourself but never trust your code « DreamXtream’s Blog Wed, 23 Jun 2010 07:36:49 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57833 [...] http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/ Posted in Computer And Internet, Programming & Development. Tags: code, developer, quality. Leave a Comment » [...] [...] http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/ Posted in Computer And Internet, Programming & Development. Tags: code, developer, quality. Leave a Comment » [...]

]]> By: The Power of Func<> « Making the Complex Simple http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57800 The Power of Func<> « Making the Complex Simple Fri, 18 Jun 2010 21:47:19 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57800 [...] Code has been deleted… [...] [...] Code has been deleted… [...]

]]> By: Daniel Earwicker http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57790 Daniel Earwicker Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:46:28 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57790 I love deleting code. My favourite C# slimming-down refactoring is to find an interface with only one method, replace it with a delegate and then fix the rest of the code accordingly. Usually turns out that you can delete a bunch of wordy classes that are only used in one place, and replace each of them with a minuscule lambda. So much noise goes away. I find that photo of the falling backwards "trust exercise" scary though. I'm never going to trust anyone else to look after my spine for me. I love deleting code. My favourite C# slimming-down refactoring is to find an interface with only one method, replace it with a delegate and then fix the rest of the code accordingly. Usually turns out that you can delete a bunch of wordy classes that are only used in one place, and replace each of them with a minuscule lambda. So much noise goes away.

I find that photo of the falling backwards “trust exercise” scary though. I’m never going to trust anyone else to look after my spine for me.

]]> By: Translation Process of Source Code | SDD HSC http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57779 Translation Process of Source Code | SDD HSC Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:53:50 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57779 [...] The Best Code You Will Ever Write (elegantcode.com) [...] [...] The Best Code You Will Ever Write (elegantcode.com) [...]

]]> By: Jonathan http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57732 Jonathan Sat, 12 Jun 2010 19:22:43 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57732 So I'm a PO and only code on the weekends...but I LOVE this and (as my team knows) I am a huge supporter of clearing out cruft and dead code. Delete! So I’m a PO and only code on the weekends…but I LOVE this and (as my team knows) I am a huge supporter of clearing out cruft and dead code. Delete!

]]> By: Uri D http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57660 Uri D Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:24:34 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57660 IMHO, the reason folks are "afraid of the source control" is that nobody ever looks there. When a developer considers erasing code for functionality that *might* one day be reintroduced, he asks the question: "will whoever reintroduces the functionality use my code or reinvent the wheel?". He figures (correctly) that this other person (or himself after much time has passed and memory has faded) would not go through the entire version history to look for this code, but rather start from scratch. Hence the motivation to leave zombies lying around. While I don't advocate leaving dead code, I feel that we need some other mechanism to provide awareness of its existence. Even a comment saying: "Code for doing X was removed in revision Y" might do. IMHO, the reason folks are “afraid of the source control” is that nobody ever looks there.

When a developer considers erasing code for functionality that *might* one day be reintroduced, he asks the question: “will whoever reintroduces the functionality use my code or reinvent the wheel?”.

He figures (correctly) that this other person (or himself after much time has passed and memory has faded) would not go through the entire version history to look for this code, but rather start from scratch. Hence the motivation to leave zombies lying around.

While I don’t advocate leaving dead code, I feel that we need some other mechanism to provide awareness of its existence. Even a comment saying: “Code for doing X was removed in revision Y” might do.

]]> By: Markus Tamm » Blog Archive » 09.06.2010 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57790 Daniel Earwicker Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:46:28 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57790 I love deleting code. My favourite C# slimming-down refactoring is to find an interface with only one method, replace it with a delegate and then fix the rest of the code accordingly. Usually turns out that you can delete a bunch of wordy classes that are only used in one place, and replace each of them with a minuscule lambda. So much noise goes away. I find that photo of the falling backwards "trust exercise" scary though. I'm never going to trust anyone else to look after my spine for me. I love deleting code. My favourite C# slimming-down refactoring is to find an interface with only one method, replace it with a delegate and then fix the rest of the code accordingly. Usually turns out that you can delete a bunch of wordy classes that are only used in one place, and replace each of them with a minuscule lambda. So much noise goes away.

I find that photo of the falling backwards “trust exercise” scary though. I’m never going to trust anyone else to look after my spine for me.

]]> Comments on: The Best Code You Will Ever Write http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-best-code-you-will-ever-write Tue, 08 May 2012 09:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Onkar Joshi http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-2/#comment-58362 Onkar Joshi Mon, 09 Aug 2010 07:05:25 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-58362 Got rid of a few hundred lines of code some time back that replicated something already present in the Java libraries. Joy! Got rid of a few hundred lines of code some time back that replicated something already present in the Java libraries. Joy!

]]> By: Elegant Code » Don’t Parse That XML! http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-2/#comment-58341 Elegant Code » Don’t Parse That XML! Sat, 07 Aug 2010 20:51:57 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-58341 [...] talked a few times about how the best code you can write is code you never write.  One of the major places I end up seeing developer writing code that [...] [...] talked a few times about how the best code you can write is code you never write.  One of the major places I end up seeing developer writing code that [...]

]]> By: A Calculus for Software « Principles of Software Flow http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-2/#comment-58044 A Calculus for Software « Principles of Software Flow Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:11:53 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-58044 [...] There is an equivalent paradox in software development, and the calculus for software development must be able to resolve it. The best code you will ever write is… code you never write. [...] [...] There is an equivalent paradox in software development, and the calculus for software development must be able to resolve it. The best code you will ever write is… code you never write. [...]

]]> By: Trust yourself but never trust your code « DreamXtream’s Blog http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57833 Trust yourself but never trust your code « DreamXtream’s Blog Wed, 23 Jun 2010 07:36:49 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57833 [...] http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/ Posted in Computer And Internet, Programming & Development. Tags: code, developer, quality. Leave a Comment » [...] [...] http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/ Posted in Computer And Internet, Programming & Development. Tags: code, developer, quality. Leave a Comment » [...]

]]> By: The Power of Func<> « Making the Complex Simple http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57800 The Power of Func<> « Making the Complex Simple Fri, 18 Jun 2010 21:47:19 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57800 [...] Code has been deleted… [...] [...] Code has been deleted… [...]

]]> By: Daniel Earwicker http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57790 Daniel Earwicker Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:46:28 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57790 I love deleting code. My favourite C# slimming-down refactoring is to find an interface with only one method, replace it with a delegate and then fix the rest of the code accordingly. Usually turns out that you can delete a bunch of wordy classes that are only used in one place, and replace each of them with a minuscule lambda. So much noise goes away. I find that photo of the falling backwards "trust exercise" scary though. I'm never going to trust anyone else to look after my spine for me. I love deleting code. My favourite C# slimming-down refactoring is to find an interface with only one method, replace it with a delegate and then fix the rest of the code accordingly. Usually turns out that you can delete a bunch of wordy classes that are only used in one place, and replace each of them with a minuscule lambda. So much noise goes away.

I find that photo of the falling backwards “trust exercise” scary though. I’m never going to trust anyone else to look after my spine for me.

]]> By: Translation Process of Source Code | SDD HSC http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57779 Translation Process of Source Code | SDD HSC Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:53:50 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57779 [...] The Best Code You Will Ever Write (elegantcode.com) [...] [...] The Best Code You Will Ever Write (elegantcode.com) [...]

]]> By: Jonathan http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57732 Jonathan Sat, 12 Jun 2010 19:22:43 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57732 So I'm a PO and only code on the weekends...but I LOVE this and (as my team knows) I am a huge supporter of clearing out cruft and dead code. Delete! So I’m a PO and only code on the weekends…but I LOVE this and (as my team knows) I am a huge supporter of clearing out cruft and dead code. Delete!

]]> By: Uri D http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57660 Uri D Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:24:34 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57660 IMHO, the reason folks are "afraid of the source control" is that nobody ever looks there. When a developer considers erasing code for functionality that *might* one day be reintroduced, he asks the question: "will whoever reintroduces the functionality use my code or reinvent the wheel?". He figures (correctly) that this other person (or himself after much time has passed and memory has faded) would not go through the entire version history to look for this code, but rather start from scratch. Hence the motivation to leave zombies lying around. While I don't advocate leaving dead code, I feel that we need some other mechanism to provide awareness of its existence. Even a comment saying: "Code for doing X was removed in revision Y" might do. IMHO, the reason folks are “afraid of the source control” is that nobody ever looks there.

When a developer considers erasing code for functionality that *might* one day be reintroduced, he asks the question: “will whoever reintroduces the functionality use my code or reinvent the wheel?”.

He figures (correctly) that this other person (or himself after much time has passed and memory has faded) would not go through the entire version history to look for this code, but rather start from scratch. Hence the motivation to leave zombies lying around.

While I don’t advocate leaving dead code, I feel that we need some other mechanism to provide awareness of its existence. Even a comment saying: “Code for doing X was removed in revision Y” might do.

]]> By: Markus Tamm » Blog Archive » 09.06.2010 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57779 Translation Process of Source Code | SDD HSC Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:53:50 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57779 [...] The Best Code You Will Ever Write (elegantcode.com) [...] [...] The Best Code You Will Ever Write (elegantcode.com) [...]

]]> Comments on: The Best Code You Will Ever Write http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-best-code-you-will-ever-write Tue, 08 May 2012 09:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Onkar Joshi http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-2/#comment-58362 Onkar Joshi Mon, 09 Aug 2010 07:05:25 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-58362 Got rid of a few hundred lines of code some time back that replicated something already present in the Java libraries. Joy! Got rid of a few hundred lines of code some time back that replicated something already present in the Java libraries. Joy!

]]> By: Elegant Code » Don’t Parse That XML! http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-2/#comment-58341 Elegant Code » Don’t Parse That XML! Sat, 07 Aug 2010 20:51:57 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-58341 [...] talked a few times about how the best code you can write is code you never write.  One of the major places I end up seeing developer writing code that [...] [...] talked a few times about how the best code you can write is code you never write.  One of the major places I end up seeing developer writing code that [...]

]]> By: A Calculus for Software « Principles of Software Flow http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-2/#comment-58044 A Calculus for Software « Principles of Software Flow Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:11:53 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-58044 [...] There is an equivalent paradox in software development, and the calculus for software development must be able to resolve it. The best code you will ever write is… code you never write. [...] [...] There is an equivalent paradox in software development, and the calculus for software development must be able to resolve it. The best code you will ever write is… code you never write. [...]

]]> By: Trust yourself but never trust your code « DreamXtream’s Blog http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57833 Trust yourself but never trust your code « DreamXtream’s Blog Wed, 23 Jun 2010 07:36:49 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57833 [...] http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/ Posted in Computer And Internet, Programming & Development. Tags: code, developer, quality. Leave a Comment » [...] [...] http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/ Posted in Computer And Internet, Programming & Development. Tags: code, developer, quality. Leave a Comment » [...]

]]> By: The Power of Func<> « Making the Complex Simple http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57800 The Power of Func<> « Making the Complex Simple Fri, 18 Jun 2010 21:47:19 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57800 [...] Code has been deleted… [...] [...] Code has been deleted… [...]

]]> By: Daniel Earwicker http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57790 Daniel Earwicker Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:46:28 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57790 I love deleting code. My favourite C# slimming-down refactoring is to find an interface with only one method, replace it with a delegate and then fix the rest of the code accordingly. Usually turns out that you can delete a bunch of wordy classes that are only used in one place, and replace each of them with a minuscule lambda. So much noise goes away. I find that photo of the falling backwards "trust exercise" scary though. I'm never going to trust anyone else to look after my spine for me. I love deleting code. My favourite C# slimming-down refactoring is to find an interface with only one method, replace it with a delegate and then fix the rest of the code accordingly. Usually turns out that you can delete a bunch of wordy classes that are only used in one place, and replace each of them with a minuscule lambda. So much noise goes away.

I find that photo of the falling backwards “trust exercise” scary though. I’m never going to trust anyone else to look after my spine for me.

]]> By: Translation Process of Source Code | SDD HSC http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57779 Translation Process of Source Code | SDD HSC Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:53:50 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57779 [...] The Best Code You Will Ever Write (elegantcode.com) [...] [...] The Best Code You Will Ever Write (elegantcode.com) [...]

]]> By: Jonathan http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57732 Jonathan Sat, 12 Jun 2010 19:22:43 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57732 So I'm a PO and only code on the weekends...but I LOVE this and (as my team knows) I am a huge supporter of clearing out cruft and dead code. Delete! So I’m a PO and only code on the weekends…but I LOVE this and (as my team knows) I am a huge supporter of clearing out cruft and dead code. Delete!

]]> By: Uri D http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57660 Uri D Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:24:34 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57660 IMHO, the reason folks are "afraid of the source control" is that nobody ever looks there. When a developer considers erasing code for functionality that *might* one day be reintroduced, he asks the question: "will whoever reintroduces the functionality use my code or reinvent the wheel?". He figures (correctly) that this other person (or himself after much time has passed and memory has faded) would not go through the entire version history to look for this code, but rather start from scratch. Hence the motivation to leave zombies lying around. While I don't advocate leaving dead code, I feel that we need some other mechanism to provide awareness of its existence. Even a comment saying: "Code for doing X was removed in revision Y" might do. IMHO, the reason folks are “afraid of the source control” is that nobody ever looks there.

When a developer considers erasing code for functionality that *might* one day be reintroduced, he asks the question: “will whoever reintroduces the functionality use my code or reinvent the wheel?”.

He figures (correctly) that this other person (or himself after much time has passed and memory has faded) would not go through the entire version history to look for this code, but rather start from scratch. Hence the motivation to leave zombies lying around.

While I don’t advocate leaving dead code, I feel that we need some other mechanism to provide awareness of its existence. Even a comment saying: “Code for doing X was removed in revision Y” might do.

]]> By: Markus Tamm » Blog Archive » 09.06.2010 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57732 Jonathan Sat, 12 Jun 2010 19:22:43 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57732 So I'm a PO and only code on the weekends...but I LOVE this and (as my team knows) I am a huge supporter of clearing out cruft and dead code. Delete! So I’m a PO and only code on the weekends…but I LOVE this and (as my team knows) I am a huge supporter of clearing out cruft and dead code. Delete!

]]> Comments on: The Best Code You Will Ever Write http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-best-code-you-will-ever-write Tue, 08 May 2012 09:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Onkar Joshi http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-2/#comment-58362 Onkar Joshi Mon, 09 Aug 2010 07:05:25 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-58362 Got rid of a few hundred lines of code some time back that replicated something already present in the Java libraries. Joy! Got rid of a few hundred lines of code some time back that replicated something already present in the Java libraries. Joy!

]]> By: Elegant Code » Don’t Parse That XML! http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-2/#comment-58341 Elegant Code » Don’t Parse That XML! Sat, 07 Aug 2010 20:51:57 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-58341 [...] talked a few times about how the best code you can write is code you never write.  One of the major places I end up seeing developer writing code that [...] [...] talked a few times about how the best code you can write is code you never write.  One of the major places I end up seeing developer writing code that [...]

]]> By: A Calculus for Software « Principles of Software Flow http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-2/#comment-58044 A Calculus for Software « Principles of Software Flow Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:11:53 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-58044 [...] There is an equivalent paradox in software development, and the calculus for software development must be able to resolve it. The best code you will ever write is… code you never write. [...] [...] There is an equivalent paradox in software development, and the calculus for software development must be able to resolve it. The best code you will ever write is… code you never write. [...]

]]> By: Trust yourself but never trust your code « DreamXtream’s Blog http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57833 Trust yourself but never trust your code « DreamXtream’s Blog Wed, 23 Jun 2010 07:36:49 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57833 [...] http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/ Posted in Computer And Internet, Programming & Development. Tags: code, developer, quality. Leave a Comment » [...] [...] http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/ Posted in Computer And Internet, Programming & Development. Tags: code, developer, quality. Leave a Comment » [...]

]]> By: The Power of Func<> « Making the Complex Simple http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57800 The Power of Func<> « Making the Complex Simple Fri, 18 Jun 2010 21:47:19 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57800 [...] Code has been deleted… [...] [...] Code has been deleted… [...]

]]> By: Daniel Earwicker http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57790 Daniel Earwicker Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:46:28 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57790 I love deleting code. My favourite C# slimming-down refactoring is to find an interface with only one method, replace it with a delegate and then fix the rest of the code accordingly. Usually turns out that you can delete a bunch of wordy classes that are only used in one place, and replace each of them with a minuscule lambda. So much noise goes away. I find that photo of the falling backwards "trust exercise" scary though. I'm never going to trust anyone else to look after my spine for me. I love deleting code. My favourite C# slimming-down refactoring is to find an interface with only one method, replace it with a delegate and then fix the rest of the code accordingly. Usually turns out that you can delete a bunch of wordy classes that are only used in one place, and replace each of them with a minuscule lambda. So much noise goes away.

I find that photo of the falling backwards “trust exercise” scary though. I’m never going to trust anyone else to look after my spine for me.

]]> By: Translation Process of Source Code | SDD HSC http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57779 Translation Process of Source Code | SDD HSC Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:53:50 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57779 [...] The Best Code You Will Ever Write (elegantcode.com) [...] [...] The Best Code You Will Ever Write (elegantcode.com) [...]

]]> By: Jonathan http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57732 Jonathan Sat, 12 Jun 2010 19:22:43 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57732 So I'm a PO and only code on the weekends...but I LOVE this and (as my team knows) I am a huge supporter of clearing out cruft and dead code. Delete! So I’m a PO and only code on the weekends…but I LOVE this and (as my team knows) I am a huge supporter of clearing out cruft and dead code. Delete!

]]> By: Uri D http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57660 Uri D Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:24:34 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57660 IMHO, the reason folks are "afraid of the source control" is that nobody ever looks there. When a developer considers erasing code for functionality that *might* one day be reintroduced, he asks the question: "will whoever reintroduces the functionality use my code or reinvent the wheel?". He figures (correctly) that this other person (or himself after much time has passed and memory has faded) would not go through the entire version history to look for this code, but rather start from scratch. Hence the motivation to leave zombies lying around. While I don't advocate leaving dead code, I feel that we need some other mechanism to provide awareness of its existence. Even a comment saying: "Code for doing X was removed in revision Y" might do. IMHO, the reason folks are “afraid of the source control” is that nobody ever looks there.

When a developer considers erasing code for functionality that *might* one day be reintroduced, he asks the question: “will whoever reintroduces the functionality use my code or reinvent the wheel?”.

He figures (correctly) that this other person (or himself after much time has passed and memory has faded) would not go through the entire version history to look for this code, but rather start from scratch. Hence the motivation to leave zombies lying around.

While I don’t advocate leaving dead code, I feel that we need some other mechanism to provide awareness of its existence. Even a comment saying: “Code for doing X was removed in revision Y” might do.

]]> By: Markus Tamm » Blog Archive » 09.06.2010 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57660 Uri D Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:24:34 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57660 IMHO, the reason folks are "afraid of the source control" is that nobody ever looks there. When a developer considers erasing code for functionality that *might* one day be reintroduced, he asks the question: "will whoever reintroduces the functionality use my code or reinvent the wheel?". He figures (correctly) that this other person (or himself after much time has passed and memory has faded) would not go through the entire version history to look for this code, but rather start from scratch. Hence the motivation to leave zombies lying around. While I don't advocate leaving dead code, I feel that we need some other mechanism to provide awareness of its existence. Even a comment saying: "Code for doing X was removed in revision Y" might do. IMHO, the reason folks are “afraid of the source control” is that nobody ever looks there.

When a developer considers erasing code for functionality that *might* one day be reintroduced, he asks the question: “will whoever reintroduces the functionality use my code or reinvent the wheel?”.

He figures (correctly) that this other person (or himself after much time has passed and memory has faded) would not go through the entire version history to look for this code, but rather start from scratch. Hence the motivation to leave zombies lying around.

While I don’t advocate leaving dead code, I feel that we need some other mechanism to provide awareness of its existence. Even a comment saying: “Code for doing X was removed in revision Y” might do.

]]> Comments on: The Best Code You Will Ever Write http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-best-code-you-will-ever-write Tue, 08 May 2012 09:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Onkar Joshi http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-2/#comment-58362 Onkar Joshi Mon, 09 Aug 2010 07:05:25 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-58362 Got rid of a few hundred lines of code some time back that replicated something already present in the Java libraries. Joy! Got rid of a few hundred lines of code some time back that replicated something already present in the Java libraries. Joy!

]]> By: Elegant Code » Don’t Parse That XML! http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-2/#comment-58341 Elegant Code » Don’t Parse That XML! Sat, 07 Aug 2010 20:51:57 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-58341 [...] talked a few times about how the best code you can write is code you never write.  One of the major places I end up seeing developer writing code that [...] [...] talked a few times about how the best code you can write is code you never write.  One of the major places I end up seeing developer writing code that [...]

]]> By: A Calculus for Software « Principles of Software Flow http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-2/#comment-58044 A Calculus for Software « Principles of Software Flow Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:11:53 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-58044 [...] There is an equivalent paradox in software development, and the calculus for software development must be able to resolve it. The best code you will ever write is… code you never write. [...] [...] There is an equivalent paradox in software development, and the calculus for software development must be able to resolve it. The best code you will ever write is… code you never write. [...]

]]> By: Trust yourself but never trust your code « DreamXtream’s Blog http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57833 Trust yourself but never trust your code « DreamXtream’s Blog Wed, 23 Jun 2010 07:36:49 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57833 [...] http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/ Posted in Computer And Internet, Programming & Development. Tags: code, developer, quality. Leave a Comment » [...] [...] http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/ Posted in Computer And Internet, Programming & Development. Tags: code, developer, quality. Leave a Comment » [...]

]]> By: The Power of Func<> « Making the Complex Simple http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57800 The Power of Func<> « Making the Complex Simple Fri, 18 Jun 2010 21:47:19 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57800 [...] Code has been deleted… [...] [...] Code has been deleted… [...]

]]> By: Daniel Earwicker http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57790 Daniel Earwicker Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:46:28 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57790 I love deleting code. My favourite C# slimming-down refactoring is to find an interface with only one method, replace it with a delegate and then fix the rest of the code accordingly. Usually turns out that you can delete a bunch of wordy classes that are only used in one place, and replace each of them with a minuscule lambda. So much noise goes away. I find that photo of the falling backwards "trust exercise" scary though. I'm never going to trust anyone else to look after my spine for me. I love deleting code. My favourite C# slimming-down refactoring is to find an interface with only one method, replace it with a delegate and then fix the rest of the code accordingly. Usually turns out that you can delete a bunch of wordy classes that are only used in one place, and replace each of them with a minuscule lambda. So much noise goes away.

I find that photo of the falling backwards “trust exercise” scary though. I’m never going to trust anyone else to look after my spine for me.

]]> By: Translation Process of Source Code | SDD HSC http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57779 Translation Process of Source Code | SDD HSC Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:53:50 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57779 [...] The Best Code You Will Ever Write (elegantcode.com) [...] [...] The Best Code You Will Ever Write (elegantcode.com) [...]

]]> By: Jonathan http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57732 Jonathan Sat, 12 Jun 2010 19:22:43 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57732 So I'm a PO and only code on the weekends...but I LOVE this and (as my team knows) I am a huge supporter of clearing out cruft and dead code. Delete! So I’m a PO and only code on the weekends…but I LOVE this and (as my team knows) I am a huge supporter of clearing out cruft and dead code. Delete!

]]> By: Uri D http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57660 Uri D Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:24:34 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57660 IMHO, the reason folks are "afraid of the source control" is that nobody ever looks there. When a developer considers erasing code for functionality that *might* one day be reintroduced, he asks the question: "will whoever reintroduces the functionality use my code or reinvent the wheel?". He figures (correctly) that this other person (or himself after much time has passed and memory has faded) would not go through the entire version history to look for this code, but rather start from scratch. Hence the motivation to leave zombies lying around. While I don't advocate leaving dead code, I feel that we need some other mechanism to provide awareness of its existence. Even a comment saying: "Code for doing X was removed in revision Y" might do. IMHO, the reason folks are “afraid of the source control” is that nobody ever looks there.

When a developer considers erasing code for functionality that *might* one day be reintroduced, he asks the question: “will whoever reintroduces the functionality use my code or reinvent the wheel?”.

He figures (correctly) that this other person (or himself after much time has passed and memory has faded) would not go through the entire version history to look for this code, but rather start from scratch. Hence the motivation to leave zombies lying around.

While I don’t advocate leaving dead code, I feel that we need some other mechanism to provide awareness of its existence. Even a comment saying: “Code for doing X was removed in revision Y” might do.

]]> By: Markus Tamm » Blog Archive » 09.06.2010 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/comment-page-1/#comment-57656 Markus Tamm » Blog Archive » 09.06.2010 Wed, 09 Jun 2010 07:11:48 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2010/06/06/the-best-code-you-will-ever-write/#comment-57656 [...] The Best Code You Will Ever Write (John Sonmez) [...] [...] The Best Code You Will Ever Write (John Sonmez) [...]

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