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In yesterday's email, I wrote about why readable variable names are important<\/a> and why I use descriptive variable names in my code.<\/p>\n\n

Given this pseudo-code:<\/p>\n\n

function hande(req, res) {\n}\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n

With the short variable names, whilst you can guess, it's unclear what the variable names are.<\/p>\n\n

However, in this code, we have the same variable names, but we also have additional type information:<\/p>\n\n

function handle(Request req, Response res): void {\n}\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n

Even with the same variable names, I know what their types are and what the function returns, I have better completions and diagnostics in my editor and better static analysis of my code, making it easier to identify and fix potential bugs.<\/p>\n\n ", "format": "full_html", "processed": "\n

In yesterday's email, I wrote about why readable variable names are important<\/a> and why I use descriptive variable names in my code.<\/p>\n\n

Given this pseudo-code:<\/p>\n\n

function hande(req, res) {\n}\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n

With the short variable names, whilst you can guess, it's unclear what the variable names are.<\/p>\n\n

However, in this code, we have the same variable names, but we also have additional type information:<\/p>\n\n

function handle(Request req, Response res): void {\n}\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n

Even with the same variable names, I know what their types are and what the function returns, I have better completions and diagnostics in my editor and better static analysis of my code, making it easier to identify and fix potential bugs.<\/p>\n\n ", "summary": null } ], "feeds_item": [ { "imported": "1970-01-01T00:33:45+00:00", "guid": null, "hash": "227626df1c8fc0c0d8c11465862dad57", "target_type": "feeds_feed", "target_uuid": "90c85284-7ca8-4074-9178-97ff8384fe76" } ] }