http://www.aaronfeng.com/articles/2007/08/28/the-beauty-of-code en-us 40 Adventures in software development <p>A few days ago, <a href="http://iqueryable.com/">Steve Eichert</a> sent me <a href="http://rubyhoedown2007.confreaks.com/session09.html">this link to Marcel Molina's presentation</a> at <a href="http://rubyhoedown2007.confreaks.com/">Ruby Hoedown 2007</a>. Marcel explores what makes code beautiful. He lists the three following attributes:</p> <ul> <li>Proportion</li> <li>Integrity</li> <li>Clarity</li> </ul> <p>Proportion references the amount of code needed to make a feature work. You wouldn't expect 27 lines of code to multiply two numbers together. The code has integrity if it doesn't break down under non-trivial cases. Lastly, the code should be clear as to what it is trying to accomplish.</p> <p>This is a very simple and elegant way to describe beautiful code.<br/> Watch the video if you to see how Marcel came up with the assertions.</p> Tue, 28 Aug 2007 21:15:00 -0500 urn:uuid:4d323e09-479d-4ade-ad1a-ff5b4fe7d3f1 Aaron Feng http://www.aaronfeng.com/articles/2007/08/28/the-beauty-of-code programming