Oct 6, 2021On the road to the state of the art, part 2 — code formattingTool-enforced code formatting is one of those things that seem so obviously necessary to me, I sometimes have trouble explaining its benefits. In my last position as Software Engineer, I tried to convince people to use a code formatting tool, but failed. I was met with comments such as “I’ve been…Software Architecture3 min readSoftware Architecture3 min read
Sep 6, 2021Building the road — Code formattingIt seems widely accepted that reading a piece of code is harder than it is to write, so it makes sense that a lot of effort is spent trying to make the code easier to read. The most obvious factor that affects the code’s readability is formatting. Code formatting refers…Software Engineering3 min readSoftware Engineering3 min read
Jun 3, 2021On the road to the state of the art, part 1 — reusing software componentsIn March 2020, I was hired as Software Architect at Ixxi Techside, a subsidiary of RATP Smart Systems (known as RSS), which is itself a subsidiary of RATP, the Parisian Public Transport Operator. This subsidiary realizes projects for other Public Transport Operator, mostly in foreign countries. Each of these projects…Software Engineering6 min readSoftware Engineering6 min read
