今日推荐开源项目：《speed up! tool》
今日推荐英文原文：《How to Write Good Code Under Pressure.》
今日推荐开源项目：《speed up! tool》传送门：GitHub链接
推荐理由：对于提高工作效率有帮助的工具集合。使用适合自己的工具能够起到事半功倍的效果，这点是毋容置疑的。这个项目介绍了好用的 Markdown 编辑器，Chrome 的扩展组件等等。如果你刚好在使用 Mac，这个项目还另外还为使用 Mac 的朋友提供了不少能够提升 Mac 使用体验的工具，比如 Alfred —— 最起码这可以让你在查单词这一点上的效率大大提高。
今日推荐英文原文：《How to Write Good Code Under Pressure.》作者：Ravi Shankar Rajan
原文链接：https://medium.com/swlh/how-to-write-good-code-under-pressure-5f795ec7f6ec
推荐理由：在面对压力——催魂索命的 ddl 时正确的做法
How to Write Good Code Under Pressure.
In many ways writing code is almost like performing surgery.The surgeon is trying to save your life but he is operating under a deadline, a deadline which is non-negotiable. He is under intense pressure.
How would you want the doctor to behave? Do you want him to appear calm and collected? Do you want him issuing clear and precise orders to his support staff? Do you want him following his training and adhering to his disciplines?
Or do you want him sweating and swearing? Would you like if he breaks down under pressure and does irrational activities? Would you trust your life with such a doctor?
A good programmer simply does not become good because he writes awesome code. He becomes good because he stays calm and decisive in pressure situations. As the pressure grows he adheres to his training and disciplines, knowing that they are the best way to meet the deadlines and commitments that are pressing on him.
In short, he does and keep on doing the “right” thing that ought to be done irrespective of the deadlines looming over him.
And this is not an easy task to do, day in and day out. The challenge is to stay cool enough to handle the pressure at the moment so that you can succeed in the future.
And here are some of the ways in which Good programmers handle pressure situations.
Don’t Honor Commitments Not Made by YOU
As a programmer, you always have two choices — your commitment versus your fear.Your commitment is the date and deadline given by you to complete your work. And when you do that, the most important thing you have with you is your word, your trust. You have to make it happen, come what may. That is where you earn your respect.
You experience fear is when someone else makes a commitment on your behalf.
Yes, that happens. Sometimes commitments are made for us. Sometimes we find that our business has made promises to the customers without consulting us. However, we are not honor bound to accept the commitments.
The difference between commitments is important.
Professionals will always help the business find a way to achieve their goals. But professionals do not necessarily accept commitments made for them by the business. In the end, if we can find no way to meet the promises made by the business, then the people who made the promises must accept the responsibility.
This is not easy. Pressure gets on everybody when commitments are not met. But at least if you have behaved professionally you can hold your head high and stick to your stand.
And if nobody is willing to understand your point of view, it is time to quit your job.
Don’t Cut Corners.
There is nothing called “Quick and Dirty code”. Dirty code is bad code. Period. Never cut corners or accept anything that is second rate.Your real test as a good programmer comes under a crisis. If your behavior changes during a crisis, then you are not a good programmer. For example, if you follow the discipline of Test Driven Development in non-crisis times but abandon it during a crisis, then you don’t really trust that TDD is helpful.
If you keep your code clean during normal times but make messes in a crisis, then you don’t really believe that messes slow you down.
Never neglect the little things. Never skimp on that extra effort, that additional few minutes, that delivery of the very best that you can do. It does not matter what others think, it is of prime importance, however, what you think about you. Always remember cutting corners will haunt you, if not now later.
And professional programmers never take the easy route and create messy codes to move quickly. They do the best work they can and deliver the cleanest output possible, come what may.
Communicate, Communicate and Communicate.
Communication. It’s about honesty. It’s about treating people in the organization as deserving to know the facts. You don’t try to give them half the story. You don’t try to hide the story. You treat them as…as true equals, and you communicate and you communicate and communicate.If you have important information to share with your boss, colleagues, vendors — even if it’s not great news — don’t wait. If you put off providing them with actionable information until it’s too late to act, then your news will never be well received, whether it’s good or bad.
In almost every conceivable scenario, it’s to your advantage to communicate as quickly as possible, allowing everyone involved to understand and digest the information, formulate an appropriate reaction, and respond accordingly. If it is bad news, your early warning just might allow for sufficient planning to minimize the damage.
Above all, remain professional, polite, direct, and clear — all traits that will move your communication in the right direction during your time at your current place of work.
And Lastly, Get Help When the Going Gets Tough
Pair! When the heat is on, find an associate who is willing to pair program with you. You will get done faster, with fewer defects. Your pair partner will help you hold on to your disciplines and keep you from panicking.The quick development time of the pair often comes from an increased focus. Pairing literally is having another person looking over your shoulder all time. People actively participating in pairing are less likely to be distracted by interruptions (e.g. checking email, mind wandering to unrelated tasks, or blankly staring at the screen for minutes on end).
Even related secondary tasks can be blocked out. The person on the keyboard can focus on just banging out the code, while the partner can worry out readability, testability, robustness, user upgrade migration, and other “big picture” issues related to the new code. Working with a pair provides positive pressure to stay on task.
The adjustment period from solo programming to collaborative programming is like eating a hot pepper. The first time you try it, you may not like it because you are not used to it. However, the more you eat it, the more you like it.
And most important of all it creates a culture of collaboration and gratitude. Next time when you see someone else who’s under pressure, offer to pair with them. Help them out of the hole they are in.
As Booker T. Washington has rightly said.
“If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.”
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