Static Code Analysis and Debugging Tools
Why does code quality matter? People write whole books on this topic just to answer this question. Ultimately, one reason should be enough – we write code for people, not for computers. Computers don’t “care” about the quality of your code, the patterns that you use, or what you name your variables – in the end, all code gets compiled into a sequence of binary signals, which the computer just executes without “caring”. However, the developers who will maintain this code care. Developers who will continue working with this code by adding new features and scaling the system to support the growing user flow – they care. Those other developers could actually be you in the future. There are so many perspectives from which code quality is a crucial matter:
- Adhering to team standards for code quality is a prerequisite for productive work. Otherwise, you can find yourself spending more...
