No more dead kittens@yveshoppe

DisclaimerThe following presentation contains violent scenes and maybe not suitable for children and kitten lovers.

The issue

During time the technical debt in projects is rising and preventing progress and new features.

Start 2nd 3rd End

Why?

No RefactoringShortcutsHacksCopy & PasteLack of time// … tbc

The result:

How do you realize technical debt?

Something easy gets painful

The fun is missing

At the beginning 10 minutes, now 10 hours

5 Samples

5 Sins

5 Dead Kittens

Thank you Guido for your contribution!

Code-Style and Readability

More samples? Be prepared, it’s worse than these samples!

https://github.com/JoomTools/plg_content_jtcsv2html/blob/master/jtcsv2html.php

Rating

Readability

https://github.com/JoomTools

Communication is the key

Consistency

Clear rules for developers

Mistakes are easier noticed

Thank you Guido for your contribution!

Testability

protected function _validateField($field){

$index = $this->uParams['index'];$data = $this->form[$this->uParams['theme'] . $index]->getData()->toArray();$rule = false;$value = '';$showon = (string) $fie

if ($showon){

$_showon_value = explode(':', $showon);$_showon_value[1] = JText::_($_showon_value[1]);$showon_value = $this->form[$this->uParams['theme'] . $index]->getField($_showon_value[0])->value;if ($_showon_value[1] != $showon_value){

$showField = false;$valid = true;$this->form[$this->uParams['theme'] . $index]->setValue($name, null, '');if ($type == 'spacer'){

$this->form[$this->uParams['theme'] . $index]->setFieldAttribute($name, 'label', '');}

}}if (isset($data[$name])){

$value = $data[$name];}if ($required && !$value){

if (!$showField){

$validateField = false;}

}if ($validateField && $showField){

if ($type == 'file'){

$jinput = JFactory::getApplication()->input;$submitFiles = $jinput->files->get($this->uParams['theme'] . $index);$issetFiles = false;if (!empty($submitFiles[$name][0]['name'])){

$issetFiles = true;$files = $submitFiles[$name];

}elseif (!empty($submitFiles[$name]['name'])){

$issetFiles = true;$files = array($submitFiles[$name]);

}if ($issetFiles){

$value = $files;$this->submitFiles[$name] = $files;$this->fileFields[] = $name;

}}if ($field->option){

$oCount = count($field->option);for ($i = 0; $i < $oCount; $i++){

$_val = (string) $field->option[$i]->attributes()->value;if ($_val){

if (is_array($value)){

$val = in_array(JText::_($_val), $value) ? JText::_($_val) : $_val;}else{

$val = $value == JText::_($_val) ? $value : $_val;}$field->option[$i]->attributes()->value = $val;

}}

}if ($type == 'email'){

$field->addAttribute('tld', 'tld');}if ($validate){

$rule = JFormHelper::loadRuleType($validate);}else{

$rule = JFormHelper::loadRuleType($type);}if ($rule && !empty($value)){

if ($type == 'captcha'){

$valid = $rule->test($field, $value, null, null, $this->form[$this->uParams['theme'] . $index]);if ($valid !== true){

$this->validCaptcha = $valid;$this->issetCaptcha = $name;$valid = false;

}}else{

$valid = $rule->test($field, $value);}

}else{

$valid = $validateField;}

}if (!$valid && $type != 'captcha'){

$this->_invalidField($name);}

Rating

Testability

https://github.com/JoomTools

Avoid methods which are longer then the screen (30-40 lines ++)

Complexity is rising exponentional

Not testable

Not reusable

Thank you Anonymous for your contribution!

Magic Numbers

$allpicsrandom = $params->get('allpicsrandom'); $allpics = $params->get('allpics'); $this->setImageProperties($images, $links_info); if($allpicsrandom == 2 AND $allpics == 1) { $image = $images[0]; unset($images[0]); } else //….

What the f*** is 2?

Rating

Magic Numbers

https://github.com/...

Code should explain itself

and not hide between numbers

It’s magic! or 42

const DESCRIPTION = 2

Thank you Guido for contribution!

Commented and unused Code

<?php endif;$countFieldsets++;if ($countFieldsets % 2 || $countFieldsets >

$sumFieldsets) : ?><!--</div>-->

<?php endif;endforeach;if ($submitSet === false) : ?>

?!

Rating

Unused / commented Code

https://github.com/...

Makes reading hard

Bloats up software

For that we have VCS (like Git)!

phpmd helps you finding unused code!

Thank you Anonymous for your contribution!

Copy & Paste Code

$a = 23;if ($a == 42)

for ($i = 0; $i < $a; $i++)doSomething;

elseif (isArray($a))for each ($a as $b)

doSame; else

// .. doSame

Rating

Copy & Paste

https://github.com/...

A kitten dies!

Changes need to happen on multiple places

Error-proneness!

You don’t think! Coding is thinking!

phpcpd

The solution

Clean codeIt is not enoughfor the code to work(Robert C. Martin)

Avoiding technical debt

RefactoringContinuous refactoring and reviewing.Maintain your code base!

Tests and TDD(Automated) Tests help us writing better and reusable code

PhilosophyIt’s not about code, it’s about thinking and honouring your own work!

Clear dependencies

Why?

Dependencies have to be clearly defined (Testability)

Dependencies should not be created in methods, but in the constructor. So they can easily exchanged against Mocks and Stubs

Single Responsibility

Test Driven development / BDD

TDD / BDDTDD / BDD help you thinking more on

your application and your code!

Business experience first

Gherkin

Clear definition of Requirements

Automated Testing

Putting teststogether to a bigautomatic safety net!

Why automated testing?

Repeatable and scalable

Detect issues for every pull request

Saves time and helps you trusting your own code

Multiple PHP Versions, Browsers

Software used

1000 things more

KISSDRYCCD WerteFurpsSMART// …

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