We all have good and bad habits which we eventually pick up with our age. Not only good habits impact you, but it will also impact the people around you. Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.
With more than 8 glorious years into Website Development, we at Somnath Jadhav present the below programming habits which will make developers successful. So let’s dive in!
Write Human-Friendly Code
As a programmer, it is very important to know that the code which you write should be readable as well as can be referred to in the future too.
While writing the code its tone should be consistent and the sentences structured well with descriptive words. Here the naming convention should be consistent and have their own standard naming.
Planning Before Coding
Before creating a code the programmer should plan extensively about the present as well as the future needs for the webpage. The best example is a fixed navigation menu vs an interactive menu that is able to minimize when visitors scroll down the page.
At Somnath Jadhav, our programmers figure out the procedure first and then write a solution.
- Below is a sample list of general steps that we follow.
- Bootstrap should be used as a responsive framework
- Create a navigation menu
- Add .navbar-fixed-top to the menu
- Create jQuery script to resize menu (in case if the user scrolls down over 200px)
- Once the user scrolls the top menu resize once again.
PS: I almost forgot to mention all the troubleshooting should be addressed at this stage. For example, resize the site logo to match menu size.
Learn To Debug Smarter
Most of the developers spend a whopping 35-50% of their time to validate and debug the software. According to a study, an estimated 50-73 percent of the total budget is for software projects like this one! This creates an expenditure of more than $100 billion annually. It is rightly said that where there is code there are bugs.
Most of the developers spend loads of time on the old method of trial and testing. Getting Debugging tools like DevTools have come as a blessing for most of the developers. It comes with awesome features like error detection, expression tracking, performance checking, and breakpoint setting. Aptana Studio3 and Xamarin are excellent examples of a built-in debugger.
Find the right Editor
We know that you are an experienced editor but with the time you will need a strong editor. We at Somnath Jadhav recommend you to go for editors with code completion like studio code, Aptana Studio 3 and visual studio code. This feature is useful for professionals as well as beginners alike. For this editor hunt lookout for the below features like:
- Macro
- Debugger
- Version control support
- Split editing
- Layout customizer
- Regex replace
Do Version Control
You’ll also agree that there will be times when you’ll have to go all the way back to an earlier version of a code! It’s a daunting task to revert to the original update the code bit by bit while solving bugs.
Here comes version control: your one-stop solution for version control.
Using uber-cool software!
We at Somnath Jadhav use some of the coolest software to be super-productive. One of them is Git, which helps us in keeping as many revisions as possible, branch out the file for code experiment, track the part of the code that you changed last time, or revert them whenever you want. Perfect for long term projects!
Learn something new
Being a developer comes with the blessing of keeping yourself up and running in good condition! The only way to keep you away from being obsolete is to keep learning.
What’s the best way to learn? You need to challenge yourself with practical projects requiring higher scalability. We recommend to keep practicing and let your armor shine just like the sword of a celebrated knight!
Business-focused programming
Most of the programmers are very good at their craft but somehow they forget to keep the business insight. A programmer should always know why they are developing this? What’s the need to make this work and how am I able to make people’s life simple?
Developers should know or at least have an idea:
- About the business or the economic factors which justify the existence of their jobs
- Creating value for business
- Develop the technical aspects of keeping business in view
- Making time-bound commitments so as to be efficient enough
Small Commits to make life easier!
Having a descriptive commit message will get the debugging easier and rolling back on the previous commit will be easier. Once you’ve found the commit where the bug was introduced there’s not a lot of code to worry for, since the commits are small.
At Somnath Jadhav, we have a programmer, and the code reviewer works hand in hand. Since the code reviewer gets smaller commits the reviewing gets easier, giving the reviewer an opportunity to understand what is actually being changed!
Consistency holds the key
We all know how time-sensitive any project is, and the longer a piece of software exists the more people are frustrated with it, and boredom sets in. This is potentially very harmful to any business.
So how to be more consistent? Well, at Somnath Jadhav we follow the below:
- We have an aligned style guide to check code for style issues
- We follow consistent naming for variables, method, and classes
- We maintain codebase consistently by having regular checks.
I’ll do it tonight!
Yep! We know that we’ve heard this before! All of us (developers) get into delaying things and falling in this trap at some point in time. It’s better to get out of this trap ASAP. It causes frustration and develops you into an “I’ll do it tomorrow” guy, which might cost you your job!
The best thing is whenever you see a “To do” comment then don’t delay it, do it there and then. Work on a piece of code or user story right from zero till its completed. Make sure to have it till the code is refactored! Unless you try to do something beyond what you have mastered, you will never grow!
In this world, change is the only “constant” and to survive as a developer you’ll have to keep evolving and learning, the way we do at Somnath Jadhav.
We have our team of developers who are constantly learning and discovering new techniques making them more efficient. Our organization has attracted more clients then it has ever been! Thanks to our wonderful and talented developers! Want to know more about us? Just click here and excellence will be one of your most cherished habits!