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- Use long expressive variable/function/class names that tell me exactly what this variable/function/class does

I have to constantly fight the urge to have code fit in the littlest amount of space possible.

Variable names sound be succinct . They don't need to be short, but they also shouldn't be essays. I had one coworker who would essentially write everything the function did. Variable names would be 100+ chars. It was impossible. Variable names should be as long as needed , but no longer.

I use variable, function and class names as a rough guide on whether I need to refactor. If I name it accurately and the name gets too long, its probably doing too much.

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