12 Conventions for Writing Clean Code

Your peers will thank you later

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Coding conventions are the style guidelines for programming. Programming best practices and principles are included in this. Here we will discuss some coding conventions.

Benefits of Following Conventions

• Clean code
• Quality of code
• Readability of code
• Makes code maintenance easier

“Clean code is simple and direct. Clean code reads like well-written prose. Clean code never obscures the designer’s intent but rather is full of crisp abstractions and straightforward lines of control.” — Robert C. Martin

1. Magic Numbers

A magic number means we are assigning a number with no clear meaning. Sometimes we use a value for a specific purpose, and we don't assign the value in a meaningful variable. The problem is that when someone works with your code, then the person doesn't know the meaning of that direct value.