# writing-code

> General code writing guidelines and preferences for code style, testing, and design

- Author: Rodrigo Picanço Tavares
- Repository: rodrigo-picanco/dotfiles
- Version: 20260206215742
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- Last Updated: 2026-02-06
- Source: https://github.com/rodrigo-picanco/dotfiles
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description: General code writing guidelines and preferences for code style, testing, and design
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## Art of Programming Guidelines

### Code Clarity
- Code should express meaning
- Code should be vertically compact, unless whitespace expresses meaning
- Variable names must be as descriptive as the context needs

### Testing
- We should test behaviour, not implementation
- Specs should try to cover as much as possible with as little code as possible

### Design Patterns
- Dependency injection should be tried before mocking
- Functional iteration is better when there's no performance penalty

### Performance
- Performance is not an afterthought