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Introduction to Clean Code

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Python, C. C++, JavaScript, Java

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Master the art of writing impeccable code that's as clean as a whistle in this comprehensive 'Introduction to Clean Code' course!

Key Highlights

Understand the importance of writing clean and maintainable code

Learn key principles and best practices of clean coding

Explore code refactoring techniques to improve code quality

Discover common code smells and how to avoid them

Gain insights into writing self-documenting code

Master naming conventions and code organization strategies

Apply clean code principles in real-world programming scenarios

Enhance collaboration and maintainability within development teams

What you will learn

Understanding Clean Code Principles

Learn the key principles of writing clean and maintainable code to enhance readability and facilitate collaboration within a development team.

Implementing Best Practices

Explore industry best practices for writing clean code, including naming conventions, code structure, and refactoring techniques for improved code quality.

Utilizing Code Quality Tools

Discover tools and technologies that aid in ensuring code quality and adherence to clean code standards, such as static code analyzers and linters.

Applying Clean Code Concepts

Practice applying clean code concepts through hands-on exercises and code reviews to reinforce understanding and improve coding habits.

Modules

Introduction to Clean Code

7 attachments • 4 mins

What is Clean Code?

Quiz for What is Clean Code?

Principles of Clean Code

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Benefits of Clean Code

Code Smells and Technical Debt

Quiz for Code Smells and Technical Debt

Meaningful Names

36 attachments • 18 mins

Use Intention-Revealing Names

Quiz for Use Intention-Revealing Names

Avoid Disinformation

Quiz for Avoid Disinformation

Make Meaningful Distinctions

Quiz for Make Meaningful Distinctions

Use Pronounceable Names

Quiz for Use Pronounceable Names

Use Searchable Names

Quiz for Use Searchable Names

Avoid Encodings

Quiz for Avoid Encodings

Member Prefixes

Quiz for Member Prefixes

Interfaces and Implementations

Quiz for Interfaces and Implementations

Avoid Mental Mapping

Quiz for Avoid Mental Mapping

Class Names

Quiz for Class Names

Method Names

Quiz for Method Names

Don't Be Cute

Quiz for Don't Be Cute

Pick One Word per Concept

Quiz for Pick One Word per Concept

Don't Pun

Quiz for Don't Pun

Use Solution Domain Names

Quiz for Use Solution Domain Names

Use Problem Domain Names

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Add Meaningful Context

Quiz for Add Meaningful Context

Don't Add Gratuitous Context

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Functions

36 attachments • 18 mins

Small!: Blocks and Indenting

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Do One Thing: Sections within Functions

Quiz for Do One Thing: Sections within Functions

One Level of Abstraction per Function

Quiz for One Level of Abstraction per Function

Switch Statements

Quiz for Switch Statements

Use Descriptive Names

Quiz for Use Descriptive Names

Function Arguments - Common Monadic Forms

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Function Arguments - Flag Arguments

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Function Arguments - Dyadic Functions

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Function Arguments - Triads

Quiz for Function Arguments - Triads

Function Arguments - Argument Objects

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Function Arguments - Argument Lists

Quiz for Function Arguments - Argument Lists

Function Arguments - Verbs and Keywords

Quit for Function Arguments - Verbs and Keywords

Have No Side Effects - Output Arguments

Quiz for Have No Side Effects - Output Arguments

Command Query Separation

Quiz for Command Query Separation

Extract Try/Catch Blocks

Quiz for Extract Try/Catch Blocks

Error Handling Is One Thing

Quiz for Error Handling Is One Thing

Don't Repeat Yourself

Quiz for Don't Repeat Yourself

How Do You Write Functions Like This?

Quiz for How Do You Write Functions Like This?

Comments

42 attachments • 21 mins

Comments Do Not Make Up for Bad Code

Quiz for Comments Do Not Make Up for Bad Code

Explain Yourself in Code

Quiz for Explain Yourself in Code

Good Comments - Legal Comments

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Good Comments - Informative Comments

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Good Comments - Explanation of Intent

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Good Comments - Clarification

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Good Comments - Warning of Consequences

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Good Comments - TODO Comments

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Bad Comments - Mumbling

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Bad Comments - Redundant Comments

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Bad Comments - Misleading Comments

Quiz for Bad Comments - Misleading Comments

Bad Comments - Mandated Comments

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Bad Comments - Journal Comments

Quiz for Bad Comments - Journal Comments

Bad Comments - Noise Comments

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Bad Comments - Don't Use a Comment When You Can Use a Function or Variable

Quiz for Bad Comments - Don't Use a Comment When You Can Use a Function or Variable

Bad Comments - Position Markers

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Bad Comments - Closing Brace Comments

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Bad Comments - Attributions and Bylines

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Bad Comments - Commented-Out Code

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Bad Comments - Too Much Information

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Bad Comments - Function Headers

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Formatting

24 attachments • 12 mins

The Purpose of Formatting

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Vertical Formatting - The Newspaper Metaphor

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Vertical Formatting - Vertical Openness Between Concepts

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Vertical Formatting - Vertical Density

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Vertical Formatting - Vertical Distance

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Vertical Formatting - Vertical Ordering

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Vertical Formatting - Horizontal Formatting

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Vertical Formatting - Horizontal Openness and Density

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Vertical Formatting - Horizontal Alignment

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Vertical Formatting - Indentation

Quiz for Vertical Formatting - Indentation

Vertical Formatting - Dummy Scopes

Quiz for Vertical Formatting - Dummy Scopes

Team Rules

Quiz for Team Rules

Objects and Data Structures

13 attachments • 7 mins

Data Abstraction

Quiz for Data Abstraction

Data/Object Anti-Symmetry

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The Law of Demeter

Train Wrecks

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Hybrids

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Hiding Structure

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Data Transfer Objects - Active Record

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Error Handling

16 attachments • 8 mins

Use Exceptions Rather Than Return Codes

Quiz for Use Exceptions Rather Than Return Codes

Write Your Try-Catch-Finally Statement First

Quiz for Write Your Try-Catch-Finally Statement First

Use Unchecked Exceptions

Quiz for Use Unchecked Exceptions

Provide Context with Exceptions

Quiz for Provide Context with Exceptions

Define Exception Classes in Terms of a Caller's Needs

Quiz for Define Exception Classes in Terms of a Caller's Needs

Define the Normal Flow

Quiz for Define the Normal Flow

Don't Return Null

Quiz for Don't Return Null

Don't Pass Null

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Unit Tests

18 attachments • 9 mins

The Three Laws of TDD

Quiz for The Three Laws of TDD

Keeping Tests Clean

Quiz for Keeping Tests Clean

Tests Enable the -ilities

Quiz for Tests Enable the -ilities

Clean Tests

Quiz for Clean Tests

Domain-Specific Testing Language

Quiz for Domain-Specific Testing Language

A Dual Standard

Quiz for A Dual Standard

One Assert per Test

Quiz for One Assert per Test

Single Concept per Test

Quiz for Single Concept per Test

FIRST

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Classes

16 attachments • 8 mins

Class Organization

Quiz for Class Organization

Encapsulation

Quiz for Encapsulation

Classes Should Be Small!

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The Single Responsibility Principle

Quiz for The Single Responsibility Principle

Cohesion

Quiz for Cohesion

Maintaining Cohesion Results in Many Small Classes

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Organizing for Change

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Isolating from Change

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Systems

12 attachments • 6 mins

Separation of Main

Quiz for Separation of Main

Factories

Quiz for Factories

Dependency Injection

Quiz for Dependency Injection

Scaling Up

Quiz for Scaling Up

Cross-Cutting Concerns

Quiz for Cross-Cutting Concerns

Use Standards Wisely, When They Add Demonstrable Value

Quiz for Use Standards Wisely, When They Add Demonstrable Value

Emergence

12 attachments • 6 mins

Getting Clean via Emergent Design

Quiz for Getting Clean via Emergent Design

Simple Design Rule 1: Runs All the Tests

Quiz for Simple Design Rule 1: Runs All the Tests

Simple Design Rules 2-4: Refactoring

Quiz for Simple Design Rules 2-4: Refactoring

No Duplication

Quiz for No Duplication

Expressive

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Minimal Classes and Methods

Quiz for Minimal Classes and Methods

Concurrency

22 attachments • 11 mins

Why Concurrency?

Quiz for Why Concurrency?

Concurrency Defense Principles

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Corollary: Limit the Scope of Data

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Corollary: Use Copies of Data

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Corollary: Threads Should Be as Independent as Possible

Quiz for Corollary: Threads Should Be as Independent as Possible

Know Your Library

Quiz for Know Your Library

Beware Dependencies Between Synchronized Methods

Quiz for Beware Dependencies Between Synchronized Methods

Keep Synchronized Sections Small

Quiz for Keep Synchronized Sections Small

Writing Correct Shut-Down Code Is Hard

Quiz for Writing Correct Shut-Down Code Is Hard

Testing Threaded Code

Quiz for Testing Threaded Code

Get Your Nonthreaded Code Working First

Quiz for Get Your Nonthreaded Code Working First

Successive Refinement

12 attachments • 6 mins

Args Implementation

Quiz for Args Implementation

How Did I Do This?

Quiz for How Did I Do This?

Args: The Rough Draft

Quiz for Args: The Rough Draft

So I Stopped

Quiz for So I Stopped

On Incrementalism

Quiz for On Incrementalism

String Arguments

Quiz for String Arguments

Refactoring SerialDate

4 attachments • 2 mins

First, Make It Work

Quiz for First, Make It Work

Then Make It Right

Quiz for Then Make It Right

Smells and Heuristics

48 attachments • 24 mins

Inappropriate Information

Quiz for Inappropriate Information

Obsolete Comments

Quiz for Obsolete Comments

Redundant Comments

Quiz for Redundant Comments

Poorly Written Comments

Quiz for Poorly Written Comments

Commented-Out Code

Quiz for Commented-Out Code

Build Requires More Than One Step

Quiz for Build Requires More Than One Step

Tests Require More Than One Step

Quiz for Tests Require More Than One Step

Too Many Arguments

Quiz for Too Many Arguments

F2: Output Arguments

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F3: Flag Arguments

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F4: Dead Function

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G1: Multiple Languages in One Source File

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G2: Obvious Behavior Is Unimplemented

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G3: Incorrect Behavior at the Boundaries

Quiz for G3: Incorrect Behavior at the Boundaries

G4: Overridden Safeties

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G5: Duplication

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G6: Code at Wrong Level of Abstraction

Quiz for G6: Code at Wrong Level of Abstraction

G7: Base Classes Depending on Their Derivatives

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G8: Too Much Information

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G9: Dead Code

Quiz for G9: Dead Code

G10: Vertical Separation

Quiz for G10: Vertical Separation

G11: Inconsistency

Quiz for G11: Inconsistency

G12: Clutter

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G13: Artificial Coupling

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Secure Coding Practices

8 attachments • 4 mins

Input Validation and Sanitization

Quiz for Input Validation and Sanitization

Authentication and Authorization

Quiz for Authentication and Authorization

Data Encryption and Secure Storage

Quiz for Data Encryption and Secure Storage

Secure Communication

Quiz for Secure Communication

Version Control

8 attachments • 4 mins

Version Control

Quiz for Version Control

Branching and Merging

Quiz for Branching and Merging

Handling Merge Conflicts

Quiz for Handling Merge Conflicts

Commit Messages and History

Quiz for Commit Messages and History

Testing Strategies

14 attachments • 7 mins

Unit Testing

Quiz for Unit Testing

Integration Testing

Quiz for Integration Testing

Acceptance Testing

Quiz for Acceptance Testing

Mocking and Stubbing

Quiz for Mocking and Stubbing

Test-Driven Development (TDD)

Quiz for Test-Driven Development (TDD)

Behavior-Driven Development (BDD)

Quiz for Behavior-Driven Development (BDD)

Continuous Testing

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Dependency Management

8 attachments • 4 mins

Dependencies with Package Managers

Quiz for Dependencies with Package Managers

Versioning and Compatibility

Quiz for Versioning and Compatibility

Handling Transitive Dependencies

Quiz for Handling Transitive Dependencies

Dependency Injection

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Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD)

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