Code Reviews – What? (Part 2)
Now that we know good reasons to do code reviews, which parts of our code need to be reviewed? What does not need review?
Clean Code
Code Reviews – Why? (Part 1)
Are you doing code reviews with your current team? Do you feel they help a lot or are they just a waste of time? In part 1 of this blog […]
Mutable
The mutable keyword seems to be one of the less known corners of C++. Yet it can be very useful, or even unavoidable if you want to write const-correct code […]
Code Smells – a Short List
Code smells are indicators that there might be something afoul in our code. Here is a list of some of the most important smells.
Final Classes
A few days ago, a colleague asked me if it was wise to make every class a final class. Here is a more sophisticated answer than I could give at […]
Smelly std::pair and std::tuple
Depending on their use, std::pair and std::tuple can be code smells. That’s why we should be careful around these two.
Prefixed Names
Prefixes are a rather controversial topic. Taking everything into account, I think we should not use prefixed names. Here’s why.
Emerging Patterns – Refactoring Session #4
In my last refactoring session post, I wrote I had been lazy when it came to refactoring Fix. Actually, I’ve slacked on purpose, repeatedly skipping the refactoring steps of the […]
Return early and clearly
There are different guidelines out there about where and how many return statements to use in a function, e.g. return only once at the end of the function or return […]
Weakly Typed Data
When you accept weakly typed data as input or have them as output, still convert them to strongly typed objects inside your application.