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What do we mean by coding convention?
Coding conventions are a set of guidelines for a specific programming language that recommend programming style, practices, and methods for each aspect of a program written in that language. Coding conventions are only applicable to the human maintainers and peer reviewers of a software project.
What are the reasons why we use coding conventions?
The main reasons for using the coding convention are as follows:
- The same rules for writing code make it easy for other colleagues to understand.
- It is easier to understand the code in a year or 5 without the need to read each term.
- You always know where certain classes and files are in a huge project.
Why is code readability important?
Readable source code facilitates the reading and understanding of the abstraction phases and as a result, facilitates the evolution of the codebase. Code readability is key for large software projects with many developers, and where the source code that is being written will have to be modified by another person.
Why is readable code better than unreadable code?
This can help improve a team’s “truck factor”, which is defined as the number of developers who need to be put out of action before noone understands the code. Writing readable code costs only a fraction more time than writing unreadable code, but the payback is immense.
When do you need to learn the conventions of a language?
Children need to learn the conventions of their language – when it is appropriate or inappropriate to use certain words, how to use politeness forms, and so on. The rules of a language are highly resistant to change over time, but conventions can and do change, both over time and from one audience to another.
Why is readability so important in software design?
Code readability is an important characteristic of production code which should be coupled with good design.
What are the benefits of a coding standard?
A coding standard gives a uniform appearance to the codes written by different engineers. It improves readability, and maintainability of the code and it reduces complexity also. It helps in code reuse and helps to detect error easily.