# What is good code?

DevFeed: [What is good code?](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/what-is-good-code-37741.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://carlosbecker.com/posts/good-code/>)

Author: Carlos Alexandro Becker

Published: 2015-12-27T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Carlos Becker](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/carlos-becker.md>)

Topics: [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>), [Refactoring](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/refactoring.md>), [clean-code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/clean-code.md>), [Programming](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/programming.md>), [functions](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/functions.md>), [unit tests](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/unit-tests.md>), [classes](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/classes.md>), [object](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/object.md>)

Tags: [classes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/classes.md>), [clean-code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/clean-code.md>), [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [functions](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/functions.md>), [object](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/object.md>), [refactoring](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/refactoring.md>), [unit-tests](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/unit-tests.md>)

## AI overview

A personal essay reevaluates common ideas about good code, including small methods and classes, meaningful names, unit tests, and refactoring. The author reflects on how experience and studying object-oriented programming changed their view of Clean Code guidance.

## Source excerpt

I've been wanting to write this for a long time, just to clarify my thoughts on the subject. Now, on vacations, I took a couple of days and finally did it. This is a personal opinion based on my personal experience and tons of books I have read, and I am not, by any means, the supreme holder of the truth, so you will probably disagree with me at some point.