Code Craft

Code Perfection

When perfection comes, the imperfect disappears.

—1 Corinthians 13:10

We haven’t yet considered what type of code will pass review and what code will fail. It’s beyond the scope of this chapter to describe what good code looks like—the first 15 chapters of this book describe important aspects of high-quality code. As we look for bad code design and hunt software bugs, there are a few recurring themes. The reviewed code must be:

Bug free

Bugs are our enemy, the nemesis of good software development. We must be confident about the quality of our work and need to find faults as early as possible in the development process. The earlier we try to find problems, the more we are likely to find and fix and the less cost and hassle they incur ...