TL;DR style notes from articles I read today.
7 ways more methods can improve your program
- Methods help you hide unnecessary details making the code easier to read.
- Methods that have well-written names make the programs easy to understand.
- Methods make programs shorter by avoiding duplication of code.
- Methods ensure that all steps that need to be performed in a certain order always get done in that specific order and leave no room for any half-executed behaviors in your program.
- Methods help you in simplifying testing, logging & debugging.
Full post here, 8 mins read
5 powerful ways to make your code run faster
- Optimize only if the program is important and it is genuinely slow.
- Don’t tune anything without using a good profiling tool first that can help find the hotspots in a program.
- Enable compiler optimizations to help improve runtime.
- Tune the code by collecting common subexpressions, replacing expensive operations, eliminating loops, caching frequently used values or rewriting in a lower-level language.
- Include code inspection into your governance models to remove inefficient snippets.
Full post here, 7 mins read
The five pillars of a successful career in software
- Sharpen your coding skills through practice, reading blog posts, and relevant coding sites.
- Develop team communication skills. Accept and provide guidance, feedback and engage with the team.
- Watch out for interesting ecosystem movements in open source and commercial software. Be aware of your environment.
- Set time for reflecting on, and refreshing your personal productivity habits.
- You are responsible for managing your career. Communicate well with your managers.
Full post here, 4 mins read
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