Good Java Style: Part 1

Good Java Style: Part 1: "Good Java Style: Part 1
By Thornton Rose

Introduction

Having worked as a software developer and consultant for many years, I have seen a large amount of code in a variety of programming languages. It has run the gamut from elegant to ugly, and unfortunately much of it has been ugly. I hope to persuade you, and my fellow developers, that we should give as much attention to the style of our code as we give to the user interface and other visible parts of an application. In this the first part of a two part series, I explain why we should care about how our code looks and illustrate some general elements of good Java style."