Writing code is not easy.

If you are a researcher and have to write code, especially if you are not from a computer science background, then I salute you.

I have spent the last 4 years (6 years if you include my time at the Open University) studying for an MEng in Software Engineering. I can tell you with certainty that it is not an easy task. I’d like to tell you about something that is even harder than writing code: Reading and maintaining poorly written code! Continue reading “Write maintainable research code with these 3 weird tricks!”