Module: Developers - Patterns & Practices

📖 Collective Code Ownership by all developers

Created 11 years ago by Chris Briggs|

Modified 10 months ago by Andrew Waltos

There are a few things to keep in mind that will help us all to be able to work on each other's code:

  • No code ownership - If you see something wrong fix it, and email the original developer detailing the fix you made with the aim that they learn

  • Pair programming - two people working together, on separate PCs as per Do you always try to work in pairs (aka Pair Working)?

  • Ask for help - When you’re stuck, ask someone for help. Sometimes a set of fresh eyes can see something in 5 min that you haven't in 8 hours. We are all family and here to help each other out.

  • Move around - Work on other people’s code. That way you see all the code and work with all the developers

  • Write readable code - While performant code is important, so is maintainability. A great read on this is The art of readable code