Maxi Contieri

Posted on May 21, 2021 • Updated on Jun 21, 2021 • Originally published at maximilianocontieri.com

How to Find the Stinky parts of your Code

#codenewbie #tutorial #codequality #beginners

TL;DR: A Compilation of bad smells in code.

The code smells bad.

Let's see how to change the aromas.

In this series, we will see several symptoms and situations that make us doubt the quality of our developments. We will present possible solutions.

Most of these smells are just hints of something that might be wrong. They are not rigid rules.

Code Smells

Code Smell 01 - Anemic Models

Maxi Contieri ・ Oct 20 '20 ・ 2 min read

#codenewbie #oop #beginners #computerscience

Code Smell 02 - Constants and Magic Numbers

Maxi Contieri ・ Oct 21 '20 ・ 1 min read

#beginners #codenewbie #100daysofcode #codequality

Code Smell 03 - Functions Are Too Long

Maxi Contieri ・ Oct 22 '20 ・ 1 min read

#codenewbie #beginners #programming #100daysofcode

Code Smell 04 - String Abusers

Maxi Contieri ・ Oct 23 '20 ・ 1 min read

#codenewbie #tutorial #codequality #learning

Code Smell 05 - Comment Abusers

Maxi Contieri ・ Oct 24 '20 ・ 2 min read

#codenewbie #tutorial #beginners

Code Smell 06 - Too Clever Programmer

Maxi Contieri ・ Oct 25 '20 ・ 2 min read

#codenewbie #tutorial #beginners

Code Smell 07 - Boolean Variables

Maxi Contieri ・ Oct 26 '20 ・ 2 min read

#codenewbie #tutorial #beginners

Code Smell 08 - Long Chains Of Collaborations

Maxi Contieri ・ Oct 27 '20 ・ 1 min read

#beginners #codenewbie #oop #100daysofcode

Code Smell 09 - Dead Code

Maxi Contieri ・ Oct 28 '20 ・ 1 min read

#codenewbie #tutorial

Code Smell 10 - Too Many Arguments

Maxi Contieri ・ Oct 29 '20 ・ 2 min read

#codenewbie #beginners #100daysofcode #oop

Code Smell 11 - Subclassification for Code Reuse

Maxi Contieri ・ Oct 30 '20 ・ 2 min read

#oop #codenewbie #tutorial

Code Smell 12 - Null

Maxi Contieri ・ Oct 31 '20 ・ 2 min read

#codenewbie #tutorial #oop

Code Smell 13 - Empty Constructors

Maxi Contieri ・ Nov 1 '20 ・ 2 min read

#codenewbie #oop #beginners #coding

Code Smell 14 - God Objects

Maxi Contieri ・ Nov 2 '20 ・ 1 min read

#codenewbie #oop #tutorial #development

Code Smell 15 - Missed Preconditions

Maxi Contieri ・ Nov 3 '20 ・ 2 min read

#codenewbie #oop #tutorial

Code Smell 16 - Ripple Effect

Maxi Contieri ・ Nov 4 '20 ・ 2 min read

#programming #tutorial #beginners

Code Smell 17 - Global Functions

Maxi Contieri ・ Nov 5 '20 ・ 1 min read

#codenewbie #development #tutorial

Code Smell 18 — Static Functions

Maxi Contieri ・ Nov 6 '20 ・ 2 min read

#codenewbie #tutorial #development #coding

Code Smell 19 — Optional Arguments

Maxi Contieri ・ Nov 7 '20 ・ 2 min read

#codenewbie #oop #tutorial

Code Smell 20 - Premature Optimization

Maxi Contieri ・ Nov 8 '20 ・ 2 min read

#oop #developing #coding #codesmell

Code Smell 21 - Anonymous Functions Abusers

Maxi Contieri ・ Nov 10 '20 ・ 2 min read

#codenewbie #oop #developing #programming

Code Smell 22 - Helpers

Maxi Contieri ・ Nov 12 '20 ・ 2 min read

#oop #helpers #codenewbie #beginners

Code Smell 23 - Instance Type Checking

Maxi Contieri ・ Nov 13 '20 ・ 2 min read

#oop #beginners #tutorial

Code Smell 24 - Boolean Coercions

Maxi Contieri ・ Nov 14 '20 ・ 2 min read

#oop #tutorial #boolean #coercion

Code Smell 25 - Pattern Abusers

Maxi Contieri ・ Nov 15 '20 ・ 2 min read

#oop #tutorial #programming #patterns

Code Smell 26 - Exceptions Polluting

Maxi Contieri ・ Nov 16 '20 ・ 2 min read

#oop #exceptions #tutorial #programming

Code Smell 27 - Associative Arrays

Maxi Contieri ・ Nov 18 '20 ・ 2 min read

#oop #webdev #codenewbie #tutorial

Code Smell 28 - Setters

Maxi Contieri ・ Nov 19 '20 ・ 2 min read

#oop #codenewbie #programming #webdev

Code Smell 29 - Settings/Configs

Maxi Contieri ・ Nov 20 '20 ・ 2 min read

#oop #webdev #tutorial #codenewbie

Code Smell 30 - Mocking Business

Maxi Contieri ・ Nov 21 '20 ・ 1 min read

#testing #webdev #programming #tdd

Code Smell 31 - Accidental Methods on Business Objects

Maxi Contieri ・ Nov 22 '20 ・ 1 min read

#oop #codenewbie #programming #healthydebate

Code Smell 32 - Singletons

Maxi Contieri ・ Nov 23 '20 ・ 2 min read

#codenewbie #tutorial #webdev #programming

Code Smell 33 - Abbreviations

Maxi Contieri ・ Nov 24 '20 ・ 2 min read

#oop #codenewbie #programming #tutorial

Code Smell 34 - Too Many Attributes

Maxi Contieri ・ Nov 25 '20 ・ 1 min read

#oop #codenewbie #programming

Code Smell 35 - State as Properties

Maxi Contieri ・ Nov 27 '20 ・ 1 min read

#oop #tutorial #webdev #programming

Code Smell 36 - Switch/case/elseif/else/if statements

Maxi Contieri ・ Nov 28 '20 ・ 1 min read

#oop #webdev #tutorial #codenewbie

Code Smell 37 - Protected Attributes

Maxi Contieri ・ Nov 29 '20 ・ 2 min read

#oop #webdev #tutorial #codenewbie

Code Smell 38 - Abstract Names

Maxi Contieri ・ Nov 30 '20 ・ 1 min read

#oop #codenewbie #naming #webdev

Code Smell 39 - new Date()

Maxi Contieri ・ Dec 1 '20 ・ 1 min read

#oop #codenewbie #tutorial #globals

Code Smell 40 - DTOs

Maxi Contieri ・ Dec 2 '20 ・ 2 min read

#oop #programming #tutorial #codenewbie

Code Smell 41 - Regular Expression Abusers

Maxi Contieri ・ Dec 3 '20 ・ 1 min read

#oop #webdev #codenewbie #tutorial

Code Smell 42 - Warnings/Strict Mode Off

Maxi Contieri ・ Dec 4 '20 ・ 2 min read

#oop #codenewbie #webdev #tutorial

Code Smell 43 - Concrete Classes Subclassified

Maxi Contieri ・ Dec 5 '20 ・ 1 min read

#oop #codenewbie #tutorial #webdev

Code Smell 44 - Magic Corrections

Maxi Contieri ・ Dec 7 '20 ・ 1 min read

#oop #programming #codenewbie #webdev

Code Smell 45 - Not Polymorphic

Maxi Contieri ・ Dec 7 '20 ・ 1 min read

#oop #codesmell #webdev #cleancode

Code Smell 46 - Repeated Code

Maxi Contieri ・ Dec 8 '20 ・ 1 min read

#oop #codenewbie #tutorial #webdev

Code Smell 47 - Diagrams

Maxi Contieri ・ Dec 9 '20 ・ 2 min read

#oop #codenewbie #tutorial #webdev

Code Smell 48 - Code Without Standards

Maxi Contieri ・ Dec 10 '20 ・ 1 min read

#oop #webdev #codenewbie #tutorial

Code Smell 49 - Caches

Maxi Contieri ・ Dec 11 '20 ・ 1 min read

#oop #webdev #codenewbie #caching

Code Smell 50 - Object Keys

Maxi Contieri ・ Dec 12 '20 ・ 2 min read

#oop #codenewbie #tutorial #webdev

Code Smell 51 - Double Negatives

Maxi Contieri ・ Dec 24 '20 ・ 1 min read

#codenewbie #tutorial #programming #oop

Code Smell 52 - Fragile Tests

Maxi Contieri ・ Jan 4 '21 ・ 2 min read

#codesmell #tutorial #codenewbie #webdev

Code Smell 53 - Explicit Iteration

Maxi Contieri ・ Jan 5 '21 ・ 2 min read

#codenewbie #webdev #cleancode #tutorial

Code Smell 54 - Anchor Boats

Maxi Contieri ・ Jan 6 '21 ・ 2 min read

#codenewbie #webdev #tutorial #cleancode

Code Smell 55 - Object Orgy

Maxi Contieri ・ Jan 17 '21 ・ 2 min read

#codenewbie #codesmell #webdev #tutorial

Code Smell 56 - Preprocessors

Maxi Contieri ・ Jan 18 '21 ・ 2 min read

#codenewbie #tutorial #programming #codesmell

Code Smell 57 - Versioned Functions

Maxi Contieri ・ Jan 20 '21 ・ 1 min read

#codenewbie #codesmell #webdev #tutorial

Code Smell 58 - Yo-yo Problem

Maxi Contieri ・ Jan 24 '21 ・ 2 min read

#codenewbie #codesmell #tutorial #webdev

Code Smell 59 - Basic / Do Functions

Maxi Contieri ・ Jan 27 '21 ・ 2 min read

#webdev #codenewbie #cleancode #tutorial

Code Smell 60 - Global Classes

Maxi Contieri ・ Jan 31 '21 ・ 2 min read

#codenewbie #tutorial #webdev #programming

Code Smell 61 - Coupling to Classes

Maxi Contieri ・ Feb 4 '21 ・ 2 min read

#webdev #tutorial #codenewbie #programming

Code Smell 62 - Flag Variables

Maxi Contieri ・ Feb 8 '21 ・ 1 min read

#programming #oop #webdev #tutorial

Code Smell 63 - Feature Envy

Maxi Contieri ・ Mar 23 '21 ・ 2 min read

#codenewbie #programming #oop #webdev

Code Smell 64 - Inappropriate Intimacy

Maxi Contieri ・ Mar 27 '21 ・ 1 min read

#codenewbie #codesmell #webdev #oop

Code Smell 65 - Variables Named After Types

Maxi Contieri ・ Apr 2 '21 ・ 1 min read

#codenewbie #codesmells #oop #webdev

Code Smell 66 - Shotgun Surgery

Maxi Contieri ・ Apr 5 '21 ・ 2 min read

#codenewbie #tutorial #oop #webdev

Code Smell 67 - Middle Man

Maxi Contieri ・ Apr 12 '21 ・ 1 min read

#webdev #codenewbie #tutorial #oop

Code Smell 68 - Getters

Maxi Contieri ・ Apr 29 '21 ・ 2 min read

#codenewbie #tutorial #oop #programming

... and many more to come.

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Smells are certain structures in the code that suggest (sometimes they scream for) the possibility of refactoring

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Code Smells

Code Smell 01 - Anemic Models

Maxi Contieri ・ Oct 20 '20 ・ 2 min read

Code Smell 02 - Constants and Magic Numbers

Maxi Contieri ・ Oct 21 '20 ・ 1 min read

Code Smell 03 - Functions Are Too Long

Maxi Contieri ・ Oct 22 '20 ・ 1 min read

Code Smell 04 - String Abusers

Maxi Contieri ・ Oct 23 '20 ・ 1 min read

Code Smell 05 - Comment Abusers

Maxi Contieri ・ Oct 24 '20 ・ 2 min read

Code Smell 06 - Too Clever Programmer

Maxi Contieri ・ Oct 25 '20 ・ 2 min read

Code Smell 07 - Boolean Variables

Maxi Contieri ・ Oct 26 '20 ・ 2 min read

Code Smell 08 - Long Chains Of Collaborations

Maxi Contieri ・ Oct 27 '20 ・ 1 min read

Code Smell 09 - Dead Code

Maxi Contieri ・ Oct 28 '20 ・ 1 min read

Code Smell 10 - Too Many Arguments

Maxi Contieri ・ Oct 29 '20 ・ 2 min read

Code Smell 11 - Subclassification for Code Reuse

Maxi Contieri ・ Oct 30 '20 ・ 2 min read

Code Smell 12 - Null

Maxi Contieri ・ Oct 31 '20 ・ 2 min read

Code Smell 13 - Empty Constructors

Maxi Contieri ・ Nov 1 '20 ・ 2 min read

Code Smell 14 - God Objects

Maxi Contieri ・ Nov 2 '20 ・ 1 min read

Code Smell 15 - Missed Preconditions

Maxi Contieri ・ Nov 3 '20 ・ 2 min read

Code Smell 16 - Ripple Effect

Maxi Contieri ・ Nov 4 '20 ・ 2 min read

Code Smell 17 - Global Functions

Maxi Contieri ・ Nov 5 '20 ・ 1 min read

Code Smell 18 — Static Functions

Maxi Contieri ・ Nov 6 '20 ・ 2 min read

Code Smell 19 — Optional Arguments

Maxi Contieri ・ Nov 7 '20 ・ 2 min read

Code Smell 20 - Premature Optimization

Maxi Contieri ・ Nov 8 '20 ・ 2 min read

Code Smell 21 - Anonymous Functions Abusers

Maxi Contieri ・ Nov 10 '20 ・ 2 min read

Code Smell 22 - Helpers

Maxi Contieri ・ Nov 12 '20 ・ 2 min read

Code Smell 23 - Instance Type Checking

Maxi Contieri ・ Nov 13 '20 ・ 2 min read

Code Smell 24 - Boolean Coercions

Maxi Contieri ・ Nov 14 '20 ・ 2 min read

Code Smell 25 - Pattern Abusers

Maxi Contieri ・ Nov 15 '20 ・ 2 min read

Code Smell 26 - Exceptions Polluting

Maxi Contieri ・ Nov 16 '20 ・ 2 min read

Code Smell 27 - Associative Arrays

Maxi Contieri ・ Nov 18 '20 ・ 2 min read

Code Smell 28 - Setters

Maxi Contieri ・ Nov 19 '20 ・ 2 min read

Code Smell 29 - Settings/Configs

Maxi Contieri ・ Nov 20 '20 ・ 2 min read

Code Smell 30 - Mocking Business

Maxi Contieri ・ Nov 21 '20 ・ 1 min read

Code Smell 31 - Accidental Methods on Business Objects

Maxi Contieri ・ Nov 22 '20 ・ 1 min read

Code Smell 32 - Singletons

Maxi Contieri ・ Nov 23 '20 ・ 2 min read

Code Smell 33 - Abbreviations

Maxi Contieri ・ Nov 24 '20 ・ 2 min read

Code Smell 34 - Too Many Attributes

Maxi Contieri ・ Nov 25 '20 ・ 1 min read

Code Smell 35 - State as Properties

Maxi Contieri ・ Nov 27 '20 ・ 1 min read

Code Smell 36 - Switch/case/elseif/else/if statements

Maxi Contieri ・ Nov 28 '20 ・ 1 min read

Code Smell 37 - Protected Attributes

Maxi Contieri ・ Nov 29 '20 ・ 2 min read

Code Smell 38 - Abstract Names

Maxi Contieri ・ Nov 30 '20 ・ 1 min read

Code Smell 39 - new Date()

Maxi Contieri ・ Dec 1 '20 ・ 1 min read