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What concepts do you think new programmers understand the least? #18

Closed CarlMungazi closed 8 years ago

CarlMungazi commented 8 years ago

Are there concepts you find new programmers ignore not because they are hard, but maybe they do not think they are that important?

mourner commented 8 years ago

A lot of programmers disregard the importance of simplicity — I see a lot of overengineering, unnecessary code, complicating for the sake of it. Simplicity is something that should be consciously worked on — the best developers never stop finding new ways to simplify their code, make it more readable, elegant and understandable.