Hey everyone, I'm a self-taught developer working in a senior role at a multinational company. I've transitioned from UiPath to .NET/React over time. Recently, I've had the chance to learn from a junior developer on my team who is super talented. We've been spending time together reviewing and improving code quality, and while I've improved my modularity and reduced verbosity, I'm still grappling with understanding what exactly makes code truly readable. I don't want to keep bothering my junior as he's busy, so I'm looking for some resources, practices, or mindset shifts that helped you grasp code readability. Any book recommendations, courses, or exercises that made the concept click for you? Thanks a bunch!
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Try running Sonar over your codebase; it can identify bad practices and explain how you can improve your code. It gives you concrete feedback, which could be really helpful as you refine your understanding of readability.
One key point to consider is that your code should read like a book. This often means breaking complex code into separate functions or summarizing your logic in variables, and organizing your code into clear sections. While this might impact performance slightly, if no benchmarks show it's problematic, just refactor! Also, the KISS principle (Keep It Simple, Stupid!) is super important—both for keeping your logic straightforward and for minimizing line and function length. Make sure your functions are designed to be independent blocks, and pay attention to naming conventions. If a name is confusing or too long, it’s likely your code is too. I personally loved "Refactoring" by Martin Fowler; it's a great resource for learning techniques to improve your code.
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