Being context-aware

Here, we enter one of the most important parts when we talk about clean code. If there were only one thing to remember, it would be this. We may regularly talk about the rules defined by other developers, object principles, and the principles of clean code, but nothing will ever be as good as what we are going to talk about here: it is about being aware of your context. One thing that is missing from many books and articles about clean code is the feeling that it is relevant to everyday life. A developer’s life is made up of unexpected events, technical constraints, impossibilities to do some things, or being forced to do some other things.

There are as many ways of doing things as there are projects. Each project has its own history, technical decisions, and constraints. As a result, we end up with many theoretical principles that are not applicable or that would break the coherence of the project. Good practices may dictate how you name variables, how...