T Ashok @ash_thiru on Twitter

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Healthy code is not about just working correctly. It is about future-proofing, maintainability, adaptability, reusability and so on. As in real life where face shines when you are in the pink of health, beautiful code also shines!

“Healthy code is not the outcome of review or testing, it is from doing simple things diligently.”

What comes to your mind when you hear the word ‘HEALTHY’?

It really is a combination of healthy mind and healthy body. So when I say ““HEALTHY HABITS”, what do you think of?

Now, let us relate to code. What is healthy code?

So what are the habits to stay healthy? Let us correlate these habits to software.

Let us reorder these seven habits …

“Healthy code is not the outcome of review or testing, it is from doing simple things diligently.”

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