The problem with documenting code is that if you do it too early, it's just another thing to keep updated along with the code. And if you wait until the end, then you have no time or inclination to ...

Programming statements that can be easily understood by another programmer or even by the original author. Some languages are inherently more self-documenting than others. For example, to the novice, ...

Documenting code can be dull, but explaining the source code of a complex project is hard for AI to get right Google has previewed Code Wiki, an AI project that aims to document code in a repository ...

Documenting your code is a critical part of development, but too many developers pay too little attention to proper commenting. C++ devs have a tool that can help. Javadoc is a standard tool that ...

Finding top-notch developers to join your team is difficult enough. Finding ones who also document their code can seem like a minor miracle. Let’s ignore user-facing documentation for now. Manuals, ...

Code documentation — is there anything more exciting than spending your time writing extensive comments? If I had to guess, your answer is probably somewhere along the lines of “uhm, yes, everything ...

Recently I was intrigued by Joe Kunk's On VB column about commenting code. I especially liked Kunk's comment that: "It's important to communicate what the code should be doing." I thought that was the ...

The problem with documenting code is that if you do it too early, it's just another thing to keep updated along with the code. And if you wait until the end, then you have no time or inclination to ...

A reader recently wrote asking if it's OK to skip commenting functions that are “obvious.” He gave the example: I struggled to find any ambiguity in this definition and failed. It's pretty darn clear ...