Healthy code is not the outcome of review or testing, it is from doing simple things diligently. Healthy code is not about just working correctly, it is also about future-proofing, maintainability, adaptability, reusability and so on. As in real life where face shines when you are in the pink of health, beautiful code also shines! We all know that good health in real life is the outcome of following simple habits related to eating, exercising etc diligently. Much like this, it is simple habits related to development that can result in healthy code. What these may be will be the content of this short webinar. In the interesting times, we live in now, it is not enough to do more testing, or do it speedier. It is really about doing less, by imbibing simple smart habits and exploiting technology to accomplish some of these. This builds on the earlier webinars related to adopting smart checklists to change habits to deliver healthy code.

1. Seven habits to healthy code
T Ashok
Founder & CEO, STAG Software
linkedin.com/in/ashokstag
© 2018, STAG Software, www.stagsoftware.com

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Healthy code is not about
just working correctly.
It is about
future-proofing,
maintainability,
adaptability,
reusability
and so on.

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As in real life
where face shines
when you are in the pink of health,
beautiful code also shines!

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Healthy code is not
the outcome of review or testing,
it is from doing simple things diligently.

5. what comes to your mind
WHEN I Say the word ‘HEALTHY’?
FIT -toned no flab
STRONG - very capable for work
GLOWING -good looking
RESILIENT to infections
FAST RECOVERY from sickness
INSPIRING others to be good
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what comes to your mind
WHEN I Say the word ‘HEALTHY’?
FIT -toned no flab
STRONG - very capable for work
GLOWING -good looking
RESILIENT to infections
FAST RECOVERY from sickness
INSPIRING others to be good
It is a combination of
healthy mind
healthy body
&

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“HEALTHY HABITS”
What comes to your mind?
1. Eat clean
2. Be active
3. Avoid vices
4. Rest well
5. Practice hygiene
6. Be calm
7. Be flexible, adapt
Habits related to
MIND
BODY
&

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Now, let us relate to COde.
What is Healthy Code?
FIT -toned no flab
STRONG - very capable for work
GLOWING -good looking
RESILIENT to infections
FAST RECOVERY from sickness
INSPIRING others to be good
STRUCTURE
BEHAVIOUR
&
functionality, testability
attributes - performance, reliability…
organisation(src, data,UI,dir..), readability,
communication(ui,text,api)
error/exception handling
recoverability, supportabillity,
maintainability
reusability, no side effects

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7 HABITS TO HEALTHY CODE
1. Eat clean
2. Be active
3. Avoid vices
4. Rest well
5. Practice hygiene
6. Be calm
7. Be flexible, adapt
1. Keep your env(dev) clean
2. Visualise the flow
3. Anticipate issues, use anti-patterns
4. Write less
5. Use aids - cheatsheets, checklists,
guidelines, patterns
6. Abstract well
7. Refactor…Refactor
“HEALTHY HABITS”
let’s correlate this to SW

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1. Abstract well
2. Visualise the flow
3. Refactor…Refactor
4. “Write well”(understandable)
5. Use aids - cheatsheets, checklists,
guidelines, patterns
6. Anticipate issues, use anti-patterns
7. Keep your env(dev) clean
let’s reorder them
7 HABITS TO HEALTHY CODE