How to write neat and resuable code

Ensure Reusability of Code in a Project

Code reuse is a great goal. In an ideal environment, a developer would be able to access stable and trusted code libraries. They’d then be able to reuse code from those libraries as building blocks within their application. So, you can reuse code when it can be:

Easily extended and adapted for the new application.

Ported to different hardware if needed.

Shown to be free from defects or problems that affect the reliability, safety, or security of the new application.

But the environment is not always ideal. And code does not always fulfill these requirements. So, reusing code often sounds much easier than it is.

When Is Code Reuse Not Possible?

Code reuse often proves to be difficult. In practice, developers often end up rebuilding software from scratch. Or they can only reuse a small fraction of existing code in new projects.

Static Code Analysis Makes Code Reuse Easy

You can use static analysis to reuse code easily. That’s because static analysis improves overall code quality. Static analysis identifies problems in code early on. It’s performed directly on the source code. This enabling quality checks to be performed well before the code is ready for integration and functional test. Code quality tools can help spot common flaws in security, design, and program flow. And they can perform data type and variable function checks. These tools often find errors that are not easily detected using other forms of testing.

Static code analysis tools:

Automate code reviews.

Reduce cyclomatic complexity.

Ensure reliability and security.

Enforce coding standards.

Improve legacy codebases.