So far, this book has focused on what we should do. But it is also helpful to discuss what we should not do. This chapter lists common anti-patterns – programming concepts and styles that we should avoid.
Anti-patterns are not merely trivial compiler errors that we can immediately fix. Anti-patterns are subtle mistakes that might save us time today but will cost us more time tomorrow. We need to proactively avoid certain shortcuts, so we don’t accumulate too much technical debt.
All the items in this chapter are real mistakes ...
