Tips on creating clean, elegant code [closed]

Question

Writing clean, elegant code is what makes coding a pleasure for me. I'm always looking for more ways to do so. Here are some of my strategies/tactics:

• Keep large code blocks in smaller chunks of routines/methods/classes

• Be sure every routine has one point of exit. Exit loops with logic at the top of the loop, not with breaks or some type of "exit loop" keyword.

• Avoid globals

• If you just performed a copy/paste with your code, it is time to create a routine/class/library.

...and one I've been toying with lately:

• Try to replace if/branching/select cases with different method signatures (polymorphism) Clean Code Talks on YouTube

Answer 1

Clean Code by Robert C. Martin