PRINCIPLE OF GOOD PROGRAMMING DEVELOPMENT

FEATURES OF GOOD PROGRAMS

·         ACCURACY:         A good programmer must be very correct and working according to stated specifications.

·           EFFICIENCY:     Efficiency is a function of some criteria. These are program writing time, execution time and the program storage utilization.

·         RELIABILITY:     A good program should not be breaking down so often as a result of rigorous use or frequent discovery of errors.

·         DOCUMENTATION:       A good source code should be well written such that every module/section of the code is very easy to understand by people other than the original writer/developer of the code.

·            MAINTAINABILITY:  When the need arises, a good source code should be very easy to change or modify, most especially by other programmers well versed in the programming language, and also in good time