PostgreSQL Server Programming - Second Edition

Programming best practices

Developing application software is complicated. Some of the approaches that help manage this complexity are so popular that they have been given simple acronyms that can be remembered. Next, we'll introduce some of these principles and show you how server programming helps make them easier to follow.

KISS – keep it simple stupid

One of the main techniques to successful programming is writing simple code. That is, writing code that you can easily understand 3 years from now and that others can understand as well. It is not always achievable, but it almost always makes sense to write your code in the simplest way possible. You can rewrite parts of it later for various reasons such as speed, code compactness, to show off ...