It's probably time to stop recommending Clean Code (2020)

Re:It's probably time to stop recommending Clean Code (2020) by matsemann on Saturday February 18, 2023 @02:50AM (#34844911)

Meh, I don't get the hate for Clean Code, or other books like this.

Should you take everything it says as gospel? No. Did reading it in the beginning of my career make me a better developer? Yes.

Its the same as with every other practice. Do I practice TDD? No. Did trying it out for some time learn me things I still apply to code I write 10 years later? Yes.

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Re:It's probably time to stop recommending Clean Code (2020) by iainmerrick on Saturday February 18, 2023 @03:02AM (#34844980)

Don’t you think the example code quoted looks really bad? If the code is that bad, why should the advice be trusted?

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Re:It's probably time to stop recommending Clean Code (2020) by leftbit on Saturday February 18, 2023 @04:59AM (#34845602)

Don't know if this is really a bad thing - had the same problems with the book, but the apparent contradictions made me really think about the stuff. So I'm quite prepared to consider his advice, I'd never turn it into gospel.

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Re:It's probably time to stop recommending Clean Code (2020) by mtrower on Saturday March 04, 2023 @02:53AM (#35019079)

Is the advice to be trusted though, or merely considered?

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