The Secret of Maintainability

Jens Meiert, March 7, 2008.

This entry is filed under Web Development.

Keep it simple.

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Comments

On March 7, 14:40 CET, Zacky Ma said:

This post is cool…
On March 7, 14:47 CET, Keegan said:

Nothing to add.
On March 7, 14:54 CET, Jens Nedal said:

KISS
On March 7, 17:59 CET, Jens Meiert said:

Zacky, Keegan, thanks

Jens, well, I just wanted to emphasize the point by reducing its word count by 25 %
On March 7, 18:25 CET, Duluoz said:

I don’t get it. Can you please elaborate?
On March 8, 12:51 CET, Jens Meiert said:

David, well, even though I “over-simplified” the essence here is “trivial”: The best recipe for maintainability is keeping things simple – the less elements your site has, the less rules your style sheets contain, the easier is maintenance. Of course.

The overall picture, however, probably requires us to remember Einstein though: Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
On March 24, 19:57 CET, Rafael Rez Oliveira said:

Perfect!
On April 9, 11:20 CEST, seektan said:

great !
keep simple is reduce mistakes; more things with more mistakes
On April 23, 20:49 CEST, Jordan Clark said:

Another good quote from Einstein:

“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius – and a lot of courage – to move in the opposite direction. ”