RE: NexGen: Software Development: arduino sketch & eclipse on Linux. Part 2

genebren — Sat, 30 Jun 2018 17:17:54 GMT

Coding and code formatting is a lot like religion. Everybody has their own ideas on what is right and wrong and will defend their views with the greatest of energy. I have long since learned to let people do it their way, for they will never change their views until they decide to. That being said, I started my C-coding with a similar style as [mention:753dd297e7584712840f1c3de8add506:e9ed411860ed4f2ba0265705b8793d05] . I removed every 'unnecessary line, space and bracket, as if they were a valuable resource, not to be wasted. I always felt that I was saving paper (as I preferred to be able to read my code, like it was in a book). More and more, I drifted to a less sparse coding style (as [mention:8fb233e8974445138ef0af2b63b49f94:e9ed411860ed4f2ba0265705b8793d05] seems to be promoting). I moved my brackets onto a separate line, I used blank lines to break things up and I used copious comments. The change for me had more to do with working in larger teams, and to another extent my having to lead more people in the coding process. I have worked in groups, where we would all agree on some basic ideals as far as coding styles go (some companies this was done with a single page document and with others it turned into thick tomes). This works out nicely if all the folks can agree and is a continuing struggle when they don't. These days, I so prefer to work alone (being semi-retired and doing consulting makes this so much easier), but I find that I still prefer the less sparse coding style as I find that I can pick up my code months later and can more quickly make sense of what I wrote.

Enjoy!

Gene

RE: NexGen: Software Development: arduino sketch & eclipse on Linux. Part 2

mcb1 — Sat, 30 Jun 2018 11:12:56 GMT

[mention:753dd297e7584712840f1c3de8add506:e9ed411860ed4f2ba0265705b8793d05]

I'm not sure what you're referring to in this line

It's the Arduino's Libraries. They are quite a mess

The later version seem to dump the libraries in the user space (well they do in windows), rather than where the program is installed.

Personally I prefer to add them in the /library folder with the others.

I wasn't brought up coding, so I learned the hard way.

I prefer the { on a new line, as it makes it easier to read the 'section' and when you put the cursor it highlights the matching { or }.

Blank space ....

While you may hate it, it does make it more readable.

I read somewhere the human brain can only take in three or four sentences at once ... either written or spoken.

Sorry but when I look at your posting above, my brain says ."get out of here it hurts". [View:/resized-image/__size/16x16/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-4d103627-b5ff-4514-a922-313ef7befbc9/contentimage_5F00_734.png:16:16]

Sadly you have some great content buried in there, but it will get overlooked if i's too hard.

Mark