INDUSTRY PRACTICES AND TOOLS 2
1. Discuss the importance of maintaining the quality of the code, explaining the different aspects of the code quality Software development takes long amounts of time and painstaking effort. This is why most part-time volunteers cannot start big projects by themselves; it is much easier and more rewarding to contribute to existing projects, as this yields results that are immediately visible and usable. Thus, we conclude that it is very important for existing projects to make it as easy as possible for people to contribute to them. One way of doing this is by making sure that programs are easy to read, understand, modify, and maintain. Messy code is hard to read, and people may lose interest if they cannot decipher what the code tries to do. Also, it is important that programmers be able to understand the code quickly so that they can start contributing with bug fixes and enhancements in a short amount of time. Source code is a form of communication, and it is more for pe...