I like to encourage programming best-practices where possible. I also would like to encourage discussion about what is good programming practice. What might seem obvious to some may be completely new to others. I also find that there is very little in the way of advice on how best to program, especially for our more inexperienced comrades. Besides, you are never to old to learn.

As such, I am going to start by offering small pieces of advice, mostly related to Java but much can be considered good practice for any programming language. You may find that you disagree with what I have to say. If so, great!! Feel free to share your opinions.

The first topic of discussion are comments. This might seem like a very trivial topic but I can assure you it is one of the most important for programmers but is sadly the most often abused. Continue reading →