Introduction to Clean Coding

Overview/Description
Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
Course Number
Expertise Level

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Overview/Description
Clean Coding is a broad term for philosophies, principles, and practices to make better, more efficient, and less error-prone software. This introductory course explaisn what clean code is, why it matters, and what benefits it gives. You'll start with a snippet of simple code, to get a better sense of how it works, so that you can build a product that is consistent and maintainable. Next, you will learn the DRY practice of code, so that you do not repeat yourself. From there you will observe how to organize projects and teams to write clean code and assure that code is readable, functional, and secure. You'll conclude by exploring how to review policies and procedures to help make cleaner code.

Target Audience
Software developers who wish to learn and implement clean coding techniques

Prerequisites
None

Expected Duration (hours)
0.7

Lesson Objectives

Introduction to Clean Coding

start the course

describe the basic goals of clean coding

specify the reasons why clean coding is important

define the benefits of adopting clean coding

describe the fundamental principle of creating simple code

define why code should be made understandable

specify how code can be better by being made consistent

define the importance and benefits of maintainable code

describe the principle of DRY and why it's important

specify the importance of code readability

define the importance of better code functionality

describe the importance of better code security

define the benefits and best practices for organizing project files

specify the benefits and best practices for team organization and clean coding

describe how policies and procedures can be implemented for better clean coding

demonstrate usage of different naming conventions, commenting, and syntax

Course Number:
sd_clco_a01_it_enus

Expertise Level
Beginner