The design of individual lines of code as well as the greater structure of our projects are important in understanding the functionality of our applications. Our code is the UI into the application logic and with that in mind, how can we use UI design principles to write code that is clear and easy to understand?

In this session we take common design patterns and principles and apply them to our code. How the eye travels throughout a design (Movement), and the reoccurrence of elements (Repetition), can assist us in method design and class structure. Pieces of recognizable elements (Patterns), and the visual ranking of elements (Hierarchy), will aid us design our classes and organize our projects. With these patterns and more we will see why code styles matter, why names are important, and why, even in code, less is more.

Target audience is any coder who wants tips and hints on how write clearer code.