WTF/min

on Saturday February 9, 2008 2334h by Jonathan
in IT

The only valid measurement of code quality: WTF/min
[from http://www.osnews.com/comics]

You may laugh, but I’ve experienced my fair share of WTF/min over the past 4+ years of programming. And when fixing them involves lengthy check-in procedures (Internship) or having to refactor other parts of the code (FYP), the joke’s on the poor soul who ended up doing Q&A / Code Review.

The problem is, the programming modules I’ve come into contact with don’t place too much emphasis on writing ‘good code’, instead aiming for ‘working code’. While I suppose ‘working code’ is the prerequisite to ‘good code’, by instilling ‘good code’ practices to begin with, you automatically get ‘working code’. Granted the initial learning curve might be a little steep, but the advantage of training students who are able to produce code that, simply put, don’t result in many (or any hopefully) WTF/min is worth the effort.

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