CS  101 - 9/20/11

Good Programming Style

Elements added to a program that make the program
easy to be understood by a person.

Elements of good programming style include:

    * Meaningful Variable Names
    * Proper Indentation of Code
    * Blank Lines between Code Sections
    * Use of Methods
    * In-Line Commenting
    * Header Comment for the File
    * Header Comments for each Method. 

Meaningful Variable Names:

int count;
int width, height;
 // the following use a naming convention to help
 // keep track of the type of the variable
int iSummation;     
double dAverage;
String sName;

Proper Indentation of Code

- Think "Outline"

Blank Lines between Code Sections

- like paragraphs

Use of Methods

- help "chunk" our program together into smaller
    meanful pieces
- this process is called "abstraction"

Use of comments to explain what is occurring in 
the program
    * In-Line Commenting
    * Header Comment for the File
    * Header Comments for each Method.