You cannot tell at a glance whether code is “clean” or not, yet most developers seem to attribute more value to code that’s pleasing to look at rather than code that is consistent, readable and understandable.

We’ll discuss some of the shortcomings with some commonly accepted indicators of “clean” code, as well as some principles to follow for truly cleaner (and maintainable!) codebases, regardless of language. Learn the specifiable traits of quality code, as well as some common assumptions you're making you're not even aware of.

Highlight: We'll solve tabs vs. spaces once and for all.