Best Coding Practices

One of the most important things is having consistent code that is easy for others to understand and maintain and today I’ll show you the Best Coding Practices.

Here are some general best coding practices that can help you write clean, maintainable, and efficient code:

• Follow a consistent coding style: Adhere to a well-established coding style, such as the one defined by a popular style guide, and use it consistently throughout your codebase. This makes your code easier to read and understand.

Note: Here is an excellent styles guide by google: Google Style Guides

• Write descriptive variable and function names: Use descriptive and meaningful names for your variables, functions, and other components of your code. This makes your code more self-documenting and easier to understand.
• Write modular and reusable code: Break your code into small, reusable modules or functions, and make sure each function has a single, well-defined responsibility. This makes your code easier to maintain and debug.
• Use appropriate data structures: Choose data structures that are appropriate for the problem you are solving, and use them in an efficient manner.
• Document your code: Write clear and concise comments for your code, especially for complex or non-obvious sections. This makes your code easier to understand for yourself and others. Also, it’s good to have documentation of all the features implemented in your application, big apps can get messy if you don’t organize what already exists.
• Test your code: Write automated tests for your code to ensure it works as expected and to catch any bugs early. You might even want to implement Test Driven Development (TDD).

Note: To read more about TDD here is an article that will help you: What is Test-Driven Development?

• Continuously refactor your code: As you learn new techniques and better ways of solving problems, go back and refactor your old code to improve its efficiency, readability, and maintainability.

Since I started following these practices it has helped me a lot, obviously, this is a lot to absorb so just take one point and apply it and then rest as you see fit.