How to Find the Stinky Parts of Your Code

Question

The code smells badly. Let's see how to change the aromas.

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

In this series, we will see several symptoms and situations that make us doubt the quality of our development. 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

https://coderlegion.com/7246/code-smell-01-anemic-models

https://coderlegion.com/7475/code-smell-02-constants-and-magic-numbers

https://coderlegion.com/7617/code-smell-03-functions-are-too-long

https://coderlegion.com/7929/code-smell-04-string-abusers

https://coderlegion.com/8106/code-smell-05-comment-abusers

https://coderlegion.com/8216/code-smell-06-too-clever-programmer

https://coderlegion.com/9110/code-smell-07-boolean-variables

https://maximilianocontieri.com/code-smell-08-long-chains-of-collaborations

https://coderlegion.com/8495/code-smell-09-dead-code

https://coderlegion.com/8662/code-smell-10-too-many-arguments

https://maximilianocontieri.com/code-smell-11-subclassification-for-code-reuse

https://coderlegion.com/9248/code-smell-12-null

https://coderlegion.com/9517/code-smell-13-empty-constructors

https://coderlegion.com/10362/code-smell-14-god-objects

... 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

Martin Fowler

https://maximilianocontieri.com/software-engineering-great-quotes

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Part of the objective of this series is to generate spaces for debate and discussion on software design.

https://coderlegion.com/6864/object-design-checklist

We look forward to your comments and suggestions on this article.