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Java Coding Practices

4 Courses
9 Hours
Skill IQ

Writing clean and maintainable code is a skill every developer needs to know how to do. Clean code is easier to extend, lowers maintenance cost over time and is easier to work with. The courses in this skill path are designed to help you refine your practices as a Java developer, to learn how to write code that is not just functional, but is clean, maintainable and something you can be proud of.

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What You'll Learn
  • Naming conventions for classes, methods and variables
  • How to write methods that are maintainable and easily understood
  • Class and code organization strategies
  • Defensive coding practices
  • Strategies for refactoring code
  • The SOLID principles and their application
Prerequisites
  • Knowledge of the Java programming language
Related topics
  • Java
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