Crafting Quality Every Day

While trying to give you advice on keeping your code clean and your design clear, it’s also important to talk about some practices that will help you little by little, day by day. Apart from dedicating specific moments to refactoring, maintaining a consistent level of quality in your day-to-day work is essential for the overall health and efficiency of your software development process. Achieving this doesn’t always require extensive time or effort; small, targeted actions can make a significant difference. By incorporating the practices we’re about to describe into your daily routine, you can not only prevent the accumulation of technical debt but also improve the overall quality and maintainability of your code base. These efforts may seem small in isolation but, collectively, they can have a substantial impact on the long-term success of your software projects.

In this chapter, we’re going to cover the following main topics...