Maarten Balliauw 1/18/2012

Don’t brag about your Visual Studio achievements! (yet?)

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The article reviews the beta release of Visual Studio Achievements, a system that awards badges for coding feats. While praising the concept, the author heavily criticizes the initial set of achievements for encouraging poor code design (like overusing regions) and unreadable code. It calls for achievements that instead teach good habits, improve productivity, and help developers discover useful Visual Studio features.

Don’t brag about your Visual Studio achievements! (yet?)

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