Tips for Good Programming:

Good Programming Practices are:

·       Programs and subprograms should be well structured.

·       Use a modular approach for a complex problem.

·       Use the basic control structures when developing each code segment.

·       Sequence, selection, repetition

·       Use local variables within subprograms.

·       Use parameters to pass information to and from subprograms.

·       Avoid global Variables.

·       To prevent arguments that should not be modified by a subprogram, declare the corresponding parameters to be value parameter or constant reference parameters rather than reference parameters.

·       Do not use “ magic numbers”.

·       Strive for simplicity and clarity.

·       Identify any preconditions (assumptions) and postconditions a program or subprogram has, and check them.

·       All source code should be documented.

·       Each program should include opening documentation.

·       Each subprogram should be documented in a manner similar to programs.

·       Comments should be used to explain key code segments and / or segments whose purpose or design is not obvious.

·       Use meaningful identifiers.

·       Source code shuld be asthetic; it should be formated in a style that enhances its readability. 

·       Put each statement of the program on a separate line.

·       Use uppercase and lowercase letters in a way that contributes to program readibility.

·       Put each { and } on separate lines.

·       Align each { and corresponding }.

·       When a statement is continued from one line to another, indent the continued line(s).

·       Align the identifiers in each constant and variable declaration, placing each on a separate line.

·       Insert blank lines between declarations and statements and between blocks of statements to make clear the structure of the program.

·       Separate the operators and operands in an expression with spaces to make the expression easy to read.

·       Declare constants at the beginning of a function. Declare variable near their first use.

·       Label all output produced by a program.