Software Engineering 'Best Practices'

Coding best practices are best and the worst.

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[bhsiao]

"writing bad code is a prerequisite to writing good code"

can't agree more

[vinidotnet]

Roasting AngularJS is a best practice that must be followed

[yawarapuyurak]

Step 1: write code, make sure it works
Step 2: reflect on the code. See what works, what doesn't. What you like, what yo don't like
Step 3: retry making said code. Maybe just some small tweaks, maybe a new radical approach
Step 4: repeat 1-3

Congratulations! You're know on the path to become an actual good dev

[aidanivesdavis]

“this is mostly a problem with junior developers”

*looks 19*

[dmh]

I worked at a place that did government work and every contract called for 'software best practices'. Unfortunately that was never defined. So we just did what we always did. No one complained.

[rejiark]

God: What did you all do in your life.
Web developers: We build the same thing with 100 different framework.
God: ...

[CameronRounder]

Best practices is to get everyone on a project writing code in a similar way. In both style and in logic. If you need to practice, do it on side projects and not with your companies project

[NitrixTech]

It's amazing how Ben roasts angular so well, that even as an Angular developer, I'm so excited to see what roasts he comes up with every video 😂

[jakebirkes]

I can't help but notice your framed photo is slowly sinking.

[adamjones]

The purpose of best practices is to enable teams to quickly adapt and change to the needs of the business by following commonly agreed upon “rules”. It also enables new engineers to more quickly onboard to projects where more broadly accepted practices are used.

[grimmdanny]

Best practice: Complete your tasks on-time so you have a job the next day.

[TheWorldIsPeopleing]

Note to self: start growing a lot of pot to become a good developer

[StarlightInsights_com]

Really good video. I’m in BI and I see following “best practices” as a mantra everywhere. Especially, many of the best practices that companies follow today were developed in the nineties to overcome specific hardware/software limitations, that we don’t have today.

[wcandillon]

You got me sweating for a minute there with that class component 😅

[jason_v]

I've never heard anyone refer to a framework or library as a "best practice."

[lonnybulldozer]

Bro, best practice makes best perfect.

[darkfafi]

I always keep true to having a set of problems, and if I don't have arguments that those 'best practices' solve them for me, I do not blindly follow them.

For example, I am quite firm with code conventions. Because the problem you solve is to be able to make quick assumptions of the code without having waste time doing tons of research behind it. However, if this same problem is solved in a different way, you could argue the best practice no longer has its place.

To not hold onto traditions without knowing why..

But as you stated. Write bad code to improve on it. That's why prototyping a concept is a must, especially for new ideas. For you write the bad code in the prototype, and apply the lessons learned in the final product.

Great video! This channel gives a lot many programming channels are lacking. The mindset of programming.

[sunnycareboo]

Three things that I have noticed that improve my code:

- Trying to write tests for it. Going through the process of "How can I test this behavior here" reveals how the API can be improved and simplified.
- Actually having users--can include yourself.
- Revisiting it after a break, this usually shows some parts that aren't clear. "Why the hell is it named "Why didn't I just abstract this behavior into a function?" "Why am I passing all these parameters around instead of creating a class?"

[queenstownswords]

"javascript frameworks are a disease"... you get a thumbs up for that sir!

[nateo]

Omg thank you so much for reminding me of the pottery parable! That had long since left my mind and I am actually very pleased you were able to return it to me(: