Functions, Type Checking, Error Handling, and Testing

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

---

Overview/Description
Clean coding means better code through often rigid standards. Explore clean coding through the use of functions, error handling, testing, and other best practices. In this course, you will get introduced to function naming, arguments, parameters, subdivision, conditionals, global functions, abstraction levels, exception handlers, type checking, namespaces, and object naming best practices. Learn that functions should only perform one action, to avoid unintended side effects on the rest of your code. Finally, as a review exercise, you will describe clean coding best practices as they relate to function names, function parameters, exception handling, and the definitions of objects and functions.

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

Prerequisites
None

Expected Duration (hours)
0.4

Lesson Objectives

Functions, Type Checking, Error Handling, and Testing

start the course

describe functions and how they should be implemented in clean coding

discuss function naming and how it should be implemented in clean coding

specify function arguments and how they should be implemented in clean coding

define function parameters and why functions should be subdivided in clean coding

discuss function conditionals and how they should be implemented in clean coding

describe global functions and how they should be implemented in clean coding

identify levels of abstraction and how they should be implemented in clean coding

describe the importance of exception handling and how it should be utilized in clean coding

recall exception handling techniques and how they improve code

specify type checking and how it relates to clean coding

list side effects that can be experienced when using functions and recognize how they can be avoided

describe best practices for naming, namespaces, objects, and functions

describe clean coding best practices

Course Number:
sd_clco_a05_it_enus

Expertise Level
Beginner