How do I improve my code reading skills

Posted by Andrew on Programmers See other posts from Programmers or by Andrew
Published on 2011-02-26T15:09:24Z Indexed on 2011/02/26 15:32 UTC
Read the original article Hit count: 342

Well the question is in the title - how do I improve my code reading skills.

The software/hardware environment I currently do development in is quite slow with respect to compilation times and time it takes the whole system to test. The system is quite old/complex and thus splitting it into a several smaller, more manageable sub-projects is not feasible in a neare future.

I have realized is what really hinders the development progress is my code reading skills. How do I improve my code reading skills, so I can spot most of the errors and issues in the code even before I hit the "do compile" key, even before I start the debugger?

© Programmers or respective owner

Related posts about learning

Related posts about best-practices