Anybody can write code. With a few months of programming experience, you can write 'working applications'. Making it work is easy, but doing it the right way requires more work, than just making it work.
Believe it, majority of the programmers write 'working code', but not ‘good code'. Writing 'good code' is an art and you must learn and practice it.
Everyone may have different definitions for the term ‘good code’. In my definition, the following are the characteristics of good code.
· Reliable
· Maintainable
· Efficient