What is clean code? - Uncle Bob

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In this video, Robert C. Martin (Uncle Bob) the author of the books Clean code and Clean Architecture speaks on what clean code really looks like from the perspective of Bjarne Stroustrup the inventor of the C++ programming language, the chief scientist Grady Booch, Michael Feathers and the Inventor of the wiki ward Cunningham. Thoughts?

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[bundlesofun]

"Clean code looks like it was written by someone who cares" that's always resonated with my the most. Even if I didn't know what I was doing, or I didn't have a specific design pattern down, I always wanted it to be a welcoming experience to come back to at any time.

[perfectionbox]

Clean code is that which causes the fewest number of WTFs/minute when read 🤣

[brendangoosen]

I have seen such cleanly architected code that i couldn't find the actual implementation. I have seen such spaghetti code that i might as well rewrite it. I think as long as your code is consistent and a junior can take over, you are winniing.

[yapdog]

When I worked in a startup, the other programmers remarked at how "neat" and "easy to understand" my code was. I mean, I'm a cynical old dude, too, but it *is* possible to write code in the care of others.... and to have them notice.

[kudorgyozo]

Clean code is something I have yet to witness in my 17 years as a software developer. For me it is almost a myth or legend at this point.

[DinoDiniProductions]

Here's my definition of clean code 1:55 in: Clean code is code that does not fall apart, cease to work or cease to be intelligible or modifiable the moment some dirt gets thrown on it.

[SeriousAlexej]

Clean code is in viewer's eyes but I'd say it should not invoke the "fight or flight" feeling. Ie:
1. It's not repulsive.
2. You feel minimal to none desire to add or change something about it.

[DevMeloy]

I always say, code should tell a story.

[Libertarian]

In Python you can avoid loop duplication by defining a generator. More elegant and easier to use than passing a lambda argument.

[GordonRoland]

Hemingway's "Old Man and the Sea" should be everyone"s model for clean code.

[Drudge.Miller]

Well, I got the idea but good luck fulfilling everyones expectations.

[uumlau]

I dislike the term "clean code" for the same reason I dislike the term "best practices". It tends to espouse one's opinion as moral virtue. Instead of using such terms, I would prefer people spoke more along the lines of, "In my experience, here are patterns made my work experience more difficult, and here are patterns that made my work easier."

That said, if I were to promote a version of "clean code", I would say, "Is it easy to read? Is it easy to debug? Is it easy to change? If so, then it is fair to say it is clean." Another way to phrase it is along the lines of the "Golden Rule": write code for others, as you would have others write code for you.

[rossterry]

I like to close my eyes and pretend its Vizzini from princess bride talking

[stefanslehta]

"You may think that your job is to get code to work, that's not your job, that's half of your job, and it's the least important half."

This statement seems so detached from the reality that exists when you just think about code.
Your job is quite literally to write something that works and brings immediate value.

Would love to see a company manager that tells you to go ahead and refactor your code for a month to get it into a state where it's more readable for the next person.

[mowinckel]

Code is for humans.
If it was for the computer, then all code would be machine code.

Code is for humans. Please write code like you understand that.

[magnusmalmborn]

Clean code is code that doesn't raise you mythos score...

[adambickford]

If I wrote it? Clean. If I inherited it, not so much.

The code itself is a MacGuffin.