Native Windows Development Clean Code Has A Dirty Secret
There are many benefits of using clean code for native windows development, but increased productivity might be the most important. A productive development tool will save developers time and effort. Moreover, it will also minimize system downtime and customer frustration due to lower error counts. But clean code has a dirty secret. In an interesting article on TechCrunch, “Why productivity gains will define success for developers this decade,” the writer describes developers’ productivity as the number one reason for the success or failure of any native windows development tool. Let us review some key points from this article and the resulting insights. What is common between Schrödinger’s cat and Moore’s law? There should be no link between these diverse concepts, but it is interesting to observe that both Schrödinger’s cat and Moore’s law are dead and alive simultaneously. Moore’s law is alive because RAW CPU speed doubles every 18 months, but it is dead because end users’ software performance is slower and slower. If the complexity of the original problem is not doubling every 18 months, then who is killing Moore’s law? The biggest reason behind this sluggishness is bloated software. For example, a 6KB webpage of yesterday is well over 6MB containing all kinds of files, cookies, and JavaScript libraries ironically called “assets.” First-generation programmers knew bigger was not better, but careless design and relentless resources usage are prevalent today and, in many cases, those early lessons have been unlearned. Development tools like Electron are an obvious example of such methodology, requiring thousands of files and gigabytes of memory to perform a simple task. Everyone hates bloatware, but who creates them? Apart from the deliberately created bloatware, there is only one reason for this much bloatware to exist: Bloated development tools make bloated software. In the article, under the title, is the bloat sustainable we read that there has been an excessive growth in development tools in the last decade. We came a long way from pseudo-intelligent functionality generators to projects like GitHub’s CoPilot. Although AI-assisted coding is in its initial stages, the future looks promising. But all these tools assisting developers also means that programming is much more complex than in the past. We have come a long way from a simple product catalog to today’s complex shopping apps. Unfortunately, all this development has unwanted side effects. Thus many development systems and shippable code are becoming more and more bloated with every new version. If we do not choose our development IDE carefully, we will be part of the problem. How to find the right native windows development tool? The solution to the above problem is very simple. As most bloatware results from bad design and poor development tools, we can move towards the best available. Embarcadero’s RAD Studio is the top development tool to increase the developer’s productivity and is also very tight on quality control. Everything is available for the developers, but the generated output will only contain the minimum code needed for the required functionality. This optimized solution is excellent for performance and productivity and requires easier shipment and reduced maintenance costs. What is the meaning of productivity? This article raised another thought-provoking point under the title: What does productivity mean in software development? Traditionally, most People think that free software is excellent because it […]
