This post is not advice, it's what's working for me. It's easy to pick up bad habits and hard to create good ones. Writing down what's working for me hel...
  • Eager Eagle@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    2 months ago

    tldr

    1. Keep Commits Small: Ensure commits are small and manageable to facilitate easy reverts and debugging.
    2. Continuous Refactoring: Prioritize frequent, minor refactorings to simplify future changes.
    3. Deploy Continuously: Regularly deploy code to ensure it works in production, as working software is progress.
    4. Trust Frameworks: Avoid over-testing framework capabilities; focus on application-specific logic.
    5. Create Independent Modules: Place functions in new modules if they don’t fit existing ones, preserving code organization.
    6. Write Tests Early: Use tests to design APIs and guide development, but don’t be rigid about TDD.
    7. Avoid Duplication: Prevent repeated code by abstracting similar implementations after copying once.
    8. Embrace Change: Accept and adapt to evolving designs, understanding that change is intrinsic to software development.
    9. Manage Technical Debt: Focus on minimizing immediate blockers and plan for potential future issues.
    10. Prioritize Testability: Ensure that your code and design facilitate easy testing to maintain code quality and coverage.
    • JackbyDev@programming.devEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      Re: trust frameworks

      I often find myself writing scratch work within tests because it’s just the easiest way to get stuff up and running. Sometimes I’ll leave these as a way to show that my assumptions about a less used feature (by my team) of a framework works the way I believe it does. But it’s rare.