Day-to-day coding

There are a few fundamental best practices that we suggest you implement in your day-to-day coding workflow:

1. Use an integrated development environment
2. Document your work with README files
3. Comment your code
4. Use functions

These practices will eventually support more complex efforts, like developing projects or developing and maintaining software packages. These day-to-day practices also give you the greatest ‘bang-for-your-buck’ in terms of the return on your time and learning investment.