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Expanded on by Kevlin Henney at
http://blog.jaoo.dk/2009/01/19/programmers-dozen-programming-best-practices/
  • Prefer code to comments.
  • Follow a consistent form.
  • Employ the contract metaphor.
  • Express independent ideas independently.
  • Encapsulate.
  • Parametrise from above.
  • Restrict mutability of state.
  • Favour symmetry over asymmetry.
  • Sharpen fuzzy logic.
  • Go with the flow.
  • Let code decide.
  • Omit needless code.
  • Unify duplicate code.
Good, constructive, positive advice.

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