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Tag: Best Practices

link to Understanding Short-Circuit Evaluation in Software Design

Understanding Short-Circuit Evaluation in Software Design

When it comes to organizing your logic in a program, one tool that can do a lot of heavy lifting for you is short-circuit evaluation. In this article, I'll give a little bit of background around...

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What Makes Multiple Return Statements Bad Practice?

Returning multiple times in a single function is legal in most programming languages, yet a lot of folks don't like it. Why?

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Stop Using Flags to Control Your Loops

Lots of people use flags in their code. There's nothing wrong with that, but you may find your code easier to write without them.

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Improve Code Readability by Using Parameter Modes

Code readability is something we should always strive for, but there are so many rules. Today, we'll talk about one of those rules that might help you out.

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What Is a Magic Number And How Do We Fix It?

In programming, a magic number is a value without a clear purpose. In this article, we'll learn how to fix them!

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Summarizing Community Beliefs Around Commenting Code

What are your thoughts on code commenting? I bet you have a few. Here are some that I found in the community.

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