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name: programming-common description: General programming best practices applicable to all languages. Covers clean code, testing, refactoring, version control, and development workflows. Use when writing or reviewing code in any language.

Programming Common Practices

When to Use

• Writing code in any programming language
• Reviewing code for quality and maintainability
• Refactoring existing code
• Setting up development workflows
• Creating documentation

Core Principles

Clean Code

Write readable, maintainable code: @art-of-readable-code.md @clean-code.md @cleanliness.md

Testing

Comprehensive testing strategies: @art-of-testing.md @test-driven-workflow.md @regression-prevention.md

Development Workflow

Best practices for development: @start-from-small.md @refactoring.md @general.md

Code Quality

@do-not-repeat-yourself.md @keep-it-simple-stupid.md @renaming-and-cleaning-workflow.md

Version Control

Git and version control practices: @version-control.md

Documentation

@documentation-performance-claims.md @EXAMPLE-README-REPOSITORY-ROOT.md @EXAMPLE-README-MODULE-ROOT.md

Tools & Environment

@emacs-server.md @screen.md @slurm.md

Debugging

@debugging-message.md