Clean Code: A Curated Collection

This is my practical collection of ideas from Robert C. Martin's "Clean Code". I have rewritten the principles I revisit most often and paired them with modern TypeScript examples.

The Articles

  1. Naming Things Clearly
  2. Functions Should Do One Thing
  3. To Comment or Not to Comment
  4. Handling Errors Gracefully
  5. Don't Repeat Yourself (DRY)
  6. Objects vs. Data Structures
  7. An Introduction to the SOLID Principles
  8. Unit Tests: Writing Useful Unit Tests
  9. Concurrency and Shared State
  10. Organising Code by Feature
  11. Keep Your Imports Tidy
  12. A Taste of Functional Programming
  13. Async/Await Without the Tangle
  14. Meaningful Constants
  15. Encapsulation, The Protective Shield
  16. Composition Over Inheritance
  17. Declarative Programming
  18. Immutability and Shared State
  19. Consistent Code Style
  20. Continuous Refactoring
  21. Code Smells: What They Are and How to Fix Them
  22. Speak the Same Language: A Guide to Naming Conventions
  23. Small Functions
  24. Parameter Objects
  25. The Guard Clause Pattern
  26. The "Extract Method" Refactoring
  27. The "Extract Variable" Refactoring
  28. Type Safety: Your Code's Guardian Angel
  29. Documentation That Helps
  30. Formatting Matters More Than You Think