“ If you save your code, make sure you save it with the version number and date it was last modified. This will be extremely helpful when changing one thing messes up something else and you need to go back to last weeks code, but you can’t remember...

If you save your code, make sure you save it with the version number and date it was last modified. This will be extremely helpful when changing one thing messes up something else and you need to go back to last weeks code, but you can’t remember what you called it, “Ke$haGurl” or “theAnglesHaveThePhoneBox”.

Call functions something you are going to remember, preferably pertaining to what they do. Clever names sound cool at the time, but can be confusing later (is “matchMaker” the one that makes the two motors move the same, or was it “slave4U”)? Also, it will be a lot more helpful if you name the variable after what it represents.

Create coding standards for your team and make sure every programmer on your team as a copy. This will make integrating the separate pieces of code simpler.

~Girls of Steel, FIRST Team #3504.