Comments on: Code by design http://thesis.tinabeans.com/?p=480 notes and musings for an MFA in Interaction Design thesis Sat, 07 Apr 2012 04:30:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: tinabeans http://thesis.tinabeans.com/?p=480#comment-39 tinabeans Sat, 07 Apr 2012 04:30:00 +0000 http://thesis.tinabeans.com/?p=480#comment-39 It's cool. I know what you mean. Yang likes to make fun of me for naming functions things like fetchAllInvitationsAndFilterForUpcoming() but they make me happy and slightly more sane :) Altho I am starting to dislike camelCase because I can't read it quickly. It’s cool. I know what you mean. Yang likes to make fun of me for naming functions things like fetchAllInvitationsAndFilterForUpcoming() but they make me happy and slightly more sane :) Altho I am starting to dislike camelCase because I can’t read it quickly.

]]> By: Jing http://thesis.tinabeans.com/?p=480#comment-37 Jing Sat, 07 Apr 2012 03:45:57 +0000 http://thesis.tinabeans.com/?p=480#comment-37 That's why we call good code "well-designed code" =) I definitely learned a lot about how to write clearly (another skill not oft-related to coding) through coding. Especially with objective-C, your code should basically read like a sentence. For example: if ([safariTab hasUnsubmittedFormText]) [safariWindow showCloseConfirmationSheetForTab:safariTab]; else [safariWindow closeTab:safariTab]; Really verbose, but reads clearly, and with auto-complete verbose isn't a problem =) (I just realized that most of my comment was geeking out about obj-c rather than relating to what you were saying...) That’s why we call good code “well-designed code” =)

I definitely learned a lot about how to write clearly (another skill not oft-related to coding) through coding. Especially with objective-C, your code should basically read like a sentence. For example:

if ([safariTab hasUnsubmittedFormText])
[safariWindow showCloseConfirmationSheetForTab:safariTab];
else
[safariWindow closeTab:safariTab];

Really verbose, but reads clearly, and with auto-complete verbose isn’t a problem =)
(I just realized that most of my comment was geeking out about obj-c rather than relating to what you were saying…)

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