Discussion on: What little things make you happy while coding?

[Slavius]

Making my code read like a book?

Something like:

if (User.hasBirthdayToday()) {
  var banner = createBanner() {
    position = BannerPosition.Top,
    message = User.isOlderThan(18) ? getBeerBanner : getSodaBanner,
    backgroundColor = Color.NavyBlue,
    displayForSeconds = 15
  };
  banner.Show()
}

Instead of spaghetti code:

DateTime today = DateTime.Now;
bool userHasBirthdayToday = 
  User.DateOfBirth.Day == today.Day && User.DateOfBirth.Month == today.Month;

if (userHasBirthdayToday) {
  string messageType = "BIRTHDAY_SODA";
  if (today.Year - User.DateOfBirth.Year >= 18) {
    messageType = "BIRTHDAY_BEER";
  }
  string bannerMessage = Banners[messageType]?.getMessage();

  Banner b = new SiteBanner(BannerPosition.Top, bannerMessage, Color.NavyBlue, TimeSpan.Seconds(15));
  b.Show();
}