Naming A Variable/Function Improperly
Amateur software developers are the prominent individuals who commit this sin. They tend to name something x, y, or something else. Unless they are actual coordinates, it is indeed erroneous to name your functions improperly. It can cause chaos and consume a big chunk of your time when you need the proper variables.
Bad variable naming distills down to bad state modeling. There’s indeed a certain limit for the number of variables people can handle in terms of a program, function, or class. Hence, this is the reason why abstraction is so critical to software engineering. You may have to come up with several transitory variable names to depict intermediate states of the program. But at the end of the day, following the practice to name your variables correctly can save you countless disastrous turmoil in the future.
5 Deadly Sins of Software Development
Software development refers to a process of designing, programming, developing, testing, deploying, and supporting software. Developing new software can be a really complex task. The complexity of software development can cause a developer to get overwhelmed with the development process resulting in grave mistakes or sins as which are referred to in this blog. These sins deteriorate the quality of the software due to which companies can lose trillions of dollars. In 2020, as per the CISQ report, the US companies faced a loss of a whopping $2.08 trillion due to their software quality issues.
These mistakes have not only cost organizations trillions of dollars but also weeks, months (and even years in some cases), merely over simple things that could’ve been handled in a much easier and more effective manner. Most of these sins can be prevented by following a pragmatic approach towards development. Read the entire blog to understand and avoid the most obvious mistakes that developers make.
So, here are the 5 deadly software development sins that you shouldn’t commit:
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