In software programming, naming things is like trying to find the right word in a game…
In software programming, naming things is like trying to find the right word in a game of Scrabble...
🤓Commenting is the easy way out. It allows you to ramble on and on without putting in the real effort to sum things up in one or two words. It's not easy, trust me!
🚫Commenting is a no go trade off because essentially it gets deprecated very fast and is not refactor proof.
😇I've been practicing “finding good names” art for years and I'm still not perfect. But I've learned a lot along the way.
“There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation and naming things." [Phil Karlton]
Stay tuned for my upcoming post where I'll share all my naming wisdom 💡
#softwarecraftsmanship
#cleancode