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What happens when someone comments on your code?
Someone will find a less-than-stellar snippet of code and use a comment to denegrate the author. Or maybe they do fix the code, but include the code, simply commented out, so that they can show off their code, while at the same time mocking the previous author.
How to comment your code like a pro?
Each programming language has a different way of commenting in the source code. PHP and HTML and JavaScript and C# all have slightly different symbols that begin and end code. While there are some language-specific practices, too, there are more shared than not.
Which is the best way to comment a function?
A comment before the function (or element) is good for organization and clarity. More than that should go into the documentation. If you feel like it’s necessary to document, something like this will suffice. return console.log (“Thank you for your comment.”)
What’s the purpose of commenting out code in WordPress?
The real use of commenting out code is for you to keep that code handy while trying something else. Or to give an example of what didn’t work before so someone doesn’t try it again fruitlessly. In general, WordPress is run on four different languages.
What are the best practices for commenting your code?
5 Best Practices for Commenting Your Code 1 (1) Comments are not subtitles 2 (2) Comments are not an art project 3 (3) Header Blocks: Nuisance or Menace? 4 (4) Comments are not source control 5 (5) Comments are a code smell
Do you have to see source code to comment on code?
JohnFx’s Commandment: The consumer of thy code should never have to see its source code to use it, not even the comments.
What do you mean by commenting in programming?
Commenting is the “art” of describing what your program is going to do in “high level” English statements. Commenting is best done before actually writing the code for your program. Comments are specially marked lines of text in the program that are not evaluated.