Series

Code Smells

In this series, we will see several symptoms and situations that make us doubt the quality of our developments. We will present possible solutions. Most are just clues. They are no hard rules.

Articles in this series

Code Smell 181 - Nested Classes

Nov 22, 20222 min read 26 views

Nested or Pseudo-Private Classes seem great for hiding implementation details. TL;DR: Don't use nested classes Problems Bijection fault to real...

Code Smell 181 - Nested Classes

Code Smell 180 - BitWise Optimizations

Nov 19, 20222 min read 102 views

Bitwise operators are faster. Avoid these micro-optimizations · TL;DR: Don't use bitwise operators unless your business model is bitwise...

Code Smell 180 - BitWise Optimizations

Code Smell 179 - Known Bugs

Nov 14, 20222 min read 45 views

Every software has a list of known bugs. Why? · TL;DR: Don't track bugs. Fix them. Problems Hard to-track lists Technical Debt Functional...

Code Smell 179 - Known Bugs

Code Smell 178 - Subsets Violation

Nov 10, 20222 min read 88 views

Invisible objects have rules we need to enforce in a single point · TL;DR: Create Small objects and restrict your domain. Problems Bijection Fault...

Code Smell 178 - Subsets Violation

Code Smell 177 - Missing Small Objects

Nov 5, 20222 min read 61 views

We see small primitive data everywhere · TL;DR: Don't forget to model the smallest ones Problems Primitive obsession Solutions find responsibilities...

Code Smell 177 - Missing Small Objects

Code Smell 176 - Changes in Essence

Nov 2, 20221 min read 58 views

Mutation is good. Things change TL;DR: Don't change essential attributes or behavior Problems Bijection violation Mutability Ripple...

Code Smell 176 - Changes in Essence