Coding Best Practices Masterclass - Kevlin Henney - Tech Cornwall

There is no shortage of opinion when it comes to what qualifies as a ‘best practice’ and even whether the term ‘best practice’ meaningfully applies to coding. There are many guidelines and standards and collections of best practices, some of which are clearly dependent on programming language, architecture and application type, but many of which reflect little more than the personal preference of their authors.

In this talk, we acknowledge the dependency of ‘best’ on context — what is best for Python is not necessarily best for C, what is best for web development is not necessarily best for embedded development, and so on — to look at some practices that have been shown to be sound with respect to reasoning, evidence and history. This includes matters of syntax, of control flow, of tooling, of activities outside the code and more.

There will be a Q&A session at 12:30

This masterclass will be free for members (promo code will be posted in slack and go out in the newsletter)

As this training is Part-Funded by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund there will be some paperwork for attendees to complete (this only needs completing once and not required for every masterclass).

This project is part-funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. Cornwall Council has been chosen by Government as a Lead Authority for the fund and is responsible for monitoring the progress of projects funded through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.