Code Complete, 2nd Edition

Chapter 31. Layout and Style

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Contents

• Layout Fundamentals

• Layout Techniques

• Layout Styles

• Laying Out Control Structures

• Laying Out Individual Statements

• Laying Out Comments

• Laying Out Routines

• Laying Out Classes

Related Topics

• Self-documenting code: Chapter 32

• Code formatting tools: "Editing" in Source-Code Tools

This chapter turns to an aesthetic aspect of computer programming: the layout of program source code. The visual and intellectual enjoyment of well-formatted code is a pleasure that few nonprogrammers can appreciate. But programmers who take pride in their work derive great artistic satisfaction from polishing the visual structure of their code.

The techniques in this chapter don't affect execution speed, memory use, or other aspects ...