Post: The difference between "Working code" and "Beautiful code"
03-02-2013, 10:41 AM #1
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); I would like to have everyone here brush up on this idea.

After lurking around for awhile, I've seen alot of people do tutorials which the code "works".. yes.. But is it beautiful?

Writing code is an art-form and should be treated as such. What's it mean about yourself if you don't pride yourself in your work.

I want to start seeing more beautiful code.

For example a string holding a variable, in a code that says different things would be better than using the same name over and over.

- Kyrie
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03-02-2013, 11:02 AM #2
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it all depends on what you're definition of beautiful is i guess.

i believe it doesn't really matter as long as it's readable. that's what beautiful code is to me. enough white space so that you can read it and comments on what you're actually doing is good.
03-02-2013, 11:08 AM #3
Originally posted by Integer View Post
it all depends on what you're definition of beautiful is i guess.

i believe it doesn't really matter as long as it's readable. that's what beautiful code is to me. enough white space so that you can read it and comments on what you're actually doing is good.


Beautiful, would be code that takes full optimization seriously.

But also I love whitespace too, and comments.
03-02-2013, 03:07 PM #4
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Originally posted by HeartKyrie View Post
I would like to have everyone here brush up on this idea.

After lurking around for awhile, I've seen alot of people do tutorials which the code "works".. yes.. But is it beautiful?

Writing code is an art-form and should be treated as such. What's it mean about yourself if you don't pride yourself in your work.

I want to start seeing more beautiful code.

For example a string holding a variable, in a code that says different things would be better than using the same name over and over.

- Kyrie


"Beautiful Code is self explanatory code"
-Me

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