Benefits of Studying Your Own Code
Pair programming is a great way to improve code, but what about improving your programming by studying your own code? I have worked on a few solo projects, and I have realized that there are some benefits to self-study. Here are some of the advantages I have noticed:
- You can clearly see the bugs-When you take time to study your code, well after the day’s pressures are over, you can clearly see some of the bugs, and learn to correct your mistakes.
- You can find new opportunities for refactoring-As you review your programs, you can start to see how much needless code is written to comply with certain languages and libraries. You can then find opportunities for refactoring, and by doing this regularly, you can start to reshape the code into something reusable, which will be beneficial in the future.
- You can remember the code flow longer- Remembering what you have coded for future use, will help you to solve your programming problems in the future, which will help you focus more when writing code and increase your productivity.
Is studying your own code actually practicable?
Now that we know the advantages of code reviewing, we need to ask if it is actually doable. For many software engineers, the day is already hectic and full, and there is little time for extra tasks to be added.
Some may also argue that sometimes the code that is written is too large, and it would just take too long to study the entire piece, but a software engineer does not have to read all of the code in order to review the most important parts, and this is always important so that you can be sure it is going to work.
A final argument might be that it is not efficient in pair programming. This is true, but it is still a good way to improve the quality of our own code, and should be considered as a good practice.
If reviewing the code can reduce bugs and increase efficiency, it is a practice that should be considered especially when you don’t have someone to pair with.
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