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 135 - Interfaces With just One Realization

May 26, 20221 min read 39 views

Being generic and foreseeing the future is good.

Code Smell 135 - Interfaces With just One Realization

Code Smell 134 - Specialized Business Collections

May 22, 20222 min read 39 views

If it walks like a duck and it quacks like a duck, then it must be a duck

Code Smell 134 - Specialized Business Collections

Code Smell 133 - Hardcoded IF Conditions

May 20, 20222 min read 58 views

Hard coding is fine. For a short period of time

Code Smell 133 - Hardcoded IF Conditions

Code Smell 132 - Exception Try Too Broad

May 18, 20222 min read 116 views

Exceptions are handy. But should be as narrow as possible

Code Smell 132 - Exception Try Too Broad

Code Smell 131 - Zero Argument Constructor

Apr 22, 20222 min read 114 views

Objects created without arguments are often mutable and erratic

Code Smell 131 - Zero Argument Constructor

Code Smell 130 - AddressImpl

Apr 18, 20222 min read 153 views

It is nice to see a class implementing Interfaces. It is nicer to understand what it does

Code Smell 130 - AddressImpl