TL;DR style notes from articles I read today.

7 ways more methods can improve your program

• Methods help you hide unnecessary details making the code easier to read.
• Methods that have well-written names make the programs easy to understand.
• Methods make programs shorter by avoiding duplication of code.
• Methods ensure that all steps that need to be performed in a certain order always get done in that specific order and leave no room for any half-executed behaviors in your program.
• Methods help you in simplifying testing, logging & debugging.

Full post here, 8 mins read

5 powerful ways to make your code run faster

• Optimize only if the program is important and it is genuinely slow.
• Don’t tune anything without using a good profiling tool first that can help find the hotspots in a program.
• Enable compiler optimizations to help improve runtime.
• Tune the code by collecting common subexpressions, replacing expensive operations, eliminating loops, caching frequently used values or rewriting in a lower-level language.
• Include code inspection into your governance models to remove inefficient snippets.

Full post here, 7 mins read

The five pillars of a successful career in software

• Sharpen your coding skills through practice, reading blog posts, and relevant coding sites.
• Develop team communication skills. Accept and provide guidance, feedback and engage with the team. 
• Watch out for interesting ecosystem movements in open source and commercial software. Be aware of your environment.
• Set time for reflecting on, and refreshing your personal productivity habits.
• You are responsible for managing your career. Communicate well with your managers.

Full post here, 4 mins read

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