Best Coding Habits to Adopt Now (that I wish I did earlier)

When learning a new skill like software development, it is easy to get into bad habits. If you let those coding habits stick, then it can hold you back from excelling in your software development career. These are the 5 habits I think all software developers should adopt.

⏳ CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction
00:46 Habit 1
01:41 Habit 2
02:29 Habit 3
03:02 Habit 4
03:45 Habit 5

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🧑‍💻 WHO AM I
I’m Alex, a Software Developer and YouTube working in the UK. I make videos about software development to help developers with the skills they need to be senior developers.

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[Kverchi]

Thank you for sharing these habits, they're all very useful 👍 Also, as a software developers, we should always remember the phrase you mentioned "leave your ego at the door"

[crazychase]

Writing down all the problems I’ve solved in one massive google doc has been a game changer. I can then search the doc for keywords and quickly find any solution I need. I also just write helpful tips and info in it too. Keyword search on a massive knowledge doc is so incredibly helpful

[gabrielkime]

Great advice on the whole! I do want to push back on your advice to not reinvent the wheel a little. There are always trade offs and knowing where to draw the line is important (leftpad anyone?) obviously for something complex like password hashing you will be far better off using someone else’s tried and tested solution - but even so, in non production environments it can be very useful to try to reinvent the wheel because you’ll learn so much about how the thing you’re trying to reinvent works.

[premierktg]

This is absolutely the best advice ever I am really glad I have found this channel as a junior software Developer.

[amitev]

"Weeks of programming can save hours of planning"

[PeterHarbour-fn]

Great video. What tools are you using to store and organize your code templates / bolierplates? Github, Notion, or...?

[ArghyaDas-npff]

Hello, Sir your this Youtube cannel is very helpful for the beginners too who really want to go in this industry like me. I am a computer science major student . I want to ask you some technical question personally, can you please provide me your email id.