You don’t need 10 years of experience to write clean, effective code. Sometimes, all it takes is building small habits that make your development process faster, smarter, and easier to maintain.
Here are 5 habits every developer should start building today:
1. Read the Docs First
Before jumping into Stack Overflow or ChatGPT, check the official documentation. It's often the most reliable, up-to-date, and complete source of truth for any language, library, or framework.
2. Write Code Like a Human Will Read It
Code is read more often than it's written — by your teammates or your future self. Use meaningful variable and function names, and organize logic in a readable flow.
3. Use Linters and Formatters
Tools like Prettier, ESLint, or Black help you stay consistent and spot issues early. Set them up in your project and forget about nitpicking syntax during code reviews.
4. Break Big Functions into Smaller Ones
If your function does more than one thing, split it. Small functions are easier to test, reuse, and debug. Clean code = better products.
5. Learn Git Beyond Commit & Push
Basic Git is good, but deeper knowledge (like rebase, stash, cherry-pick) will save you hours of frustration in real projects.
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