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apply: always
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What to adhere to:
- Classes should only have on responsibility, split large ones up into separate components
- Try to declare as much as immutable as possible
- Avoid explanatory comments; the code itself should be explanatory enough, by structure and names
- Avoid coupling, use interfaces to keep the structure exchangeable
- Keep the code modular
- Refactor often to keep the code as clean as possible
- Develop test-driven - define a public "api," usually interfaces and write tests for that api, then develop the code providing the functionality