This week we talked about clean code. It is a reader-focused development style that produces software that’s easy to write, read and maintain. Knowing how to produce clean code is an essential skill for software developers. Clean code is what someone must do to call yourself a professional. Clean code is clear, understandable, and maintainable. When you write clean code, you’re keeping in mind the other people who will read it and need to interpret the code. Some of the characteristics of clean code is it should have meaningful names for the reader to easily understand and to avoid confusion. Functions are the building blocks of programs so creating easy to read functions makes it easier to understand and modify programs. It is important for programs to have comments because it helps explain your code to other people. Formatting when writing clean code is important like making sure you have white spaces in the program.

There are three principles of clean code which are choosing the right tool for the job, optimizing the signal-to-noise ratio and strive to write self-documenting code. The 10 steps to writing clean code are following conventions. This can be like using a name which keeps things clear and lets you know what you’re working with. Say what you mean is another step to writing clean code. It’s easily frustrating seeing code with variables that are misleading. Whitespace is incredibly powerful so that the code is readable. Remember the power of I as it’s always clear that “I” is your iterator variable. Keep if functional. If a function is doing more than its name suggests, then some of the excess functionality could be split into its own function. Keep it classy can mean keeping code tidy, clear and consistent or if you have a functionality problem, you can separate by creating a class to handle that functionality. I chose this blog post because it talks about some of the essential things needed for writing clean code to be a good programmer. This blog also explains in detail each step that’s important when writing clean code which also helps me understand better what good programmers do to have efficient code. I am an aspiring developer and going through all these steps has helped me have more insight on what I must do and gained some more knowledge. I liked this resource because it has helped me further understand some principles and steps when writing clean code.

References

.https://www.pluralsight.com/blog/software-development/10-steps-to-clean-code

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In this blog, we are going to learn about Scrum development framework and why its important. Scrum is a lightweight framework that helps people, teams and organizations generate value through adaptive solutions for complex problems. The Scrum team consists of one scrum master, one product owner and developers and there are no sub-teams or hierarchies. The good thing about a scum team is that it is cross-functional meaning all the members have all the skills necessary to create value each sprint. Usually, the scrum team has 10 or fewer people and this helps teams communicate better and be more productive. The scrum team is responsible for all product related activities from stakeholder collaboration, verification, maintenance and more.

The blog I chose talks about the getting started as a scrum master and some of the steps to getting started. Some of the steps in the blog to getting started are getting to know your new team and this is important to understand who’s in the team and building healthy relationships. It is also important to understand your new team’s purpose and goals because sometimes action is confused with progress and it’s crucial to know what’s driving them. Mapping out the stakeholders is important because as a scrum master, you’re responsible for ensuring the team can run as efficiently as they can. When you’ve identified a tricky stakeholder, you can work with them to ensure they interface with the product owner rather than the team. Another important aspect as a scrum master is asking your team if the Agile framework like scrum is working for them. This is to make sure the team is aligned on different things like sprint planning. Looking after yourself and development as a scrum master is one of the most important steps when starting with a new team. This is because the role of a scrum master requires you to think differently a lot of the time which can be tiring therefore you need other people to get advice from or to bounce your ideas off.

I think this blog post gives an insight of the role of a scrum master in more detail. It explains some important aspects involved with being a scrum master and what the role looks like. The scrum team consists of other members like developers who keep the database working and product owner who is responsible for commuting the product goal and what it should do. This goes to show that this isn’t a one man’s job, and several people are required for completion of a successful task.

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