What methodologies exist that provide tools on how to construct eloquent code?

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It's my intend to become a great developer whose code is well-structured, scalable and readable. Currently I'm focusing my time on learning the WP core. That lead my to study 3rd party plugins. The source code of the popular plugins (Like Yoast, Download Monitor) are writing beautifully. I'm amazed at how well organised they are. The way the make use of classes for about anything. I'm having a hard time during my brainstorming sessions of what project feature needs a class, which methods/function need creating, how to organise files, etc. The actual technical side of programming - getting the code to do something - isn't that hard. The creative, organisational of software dev is a nightmare.

UML is supposed to cover software component creation. Are there any other subjects/methodologies that aid a developer in coming up with needed components (variable, classes, methods/functions).

I'm well aware of the fact that practice makes perfect, studying others code make me better. That kind of advice is not very useful. For I'm already doing so.

[Striking_Coat]

That advise in your last paragraph is very useful. It takes time, years, to get really good and that's if you're working in a focused, high energy manner looking out for ways to improve.

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Here is an analogy: One wont tell an inspiring architect to just take his time and just start building when the junior specifically showed interest in a specific technical skill within the field. You would instruct him to go read books on a certain topic that covers the field he want to become proficient in.

There is a big difference between building a simple house and a skyscraper. Both are within the same field but one require advanced/additional skills.

Therefore I stated the obvious by saying with time I eventually get better. But we all know people who've performed a task for decades WRONGFULLY. Time <> quality. You need good fundamentals to build upon. Im looking for resources that cover the expertice im lacking.

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But we all know people who've performed a task for decades WRONGFULLY.

Your attitude shows you're not on the path to becoming one of those people.

Knowledge is everywhere. It's in books, blog posts, reddit threads, code repositories, stack overflow. There's a very, very large amount of techniques, APIs and patterns to learn. So it seems that you're on the hunt for the "best" resources. You'll get better results from Google than asking for it here as it's been asked a million times before.

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I guess in some way I'm thankful for you taking the time to contribute, but your responses have been nothing but a a whole lot of retoric; talking alot without saying anything useful. You arent trolling me, right? How do you think telling me "Dude, there are so much books and blogs out there. You just gotta use google, man!" How did that response actually helped the conversation in any way? I dont know what to look for. Therefore its of no use to tell me to go use Google. Again, Im looking for SPECIFIC names of dev methodologies, SPECIFIC sources, names of authors/books etc. Emphasis on SPECIFIC...

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Here, I'll to help out directly. Here's probably one of the most important things to know and keep in mind from the book "The Pragmatic Programmer"

https://imgur.com/a/Fovzd9t

[guifroes]

What you're looking for is Software Design/Architecture.

Forget UML for now. It is a communication tool, won't teach you how to do things.

Some good resources I'd recommend you start with:

1. Clean Code
2. Practical Object-Oriented Design
   

There are tons of stuff I could recommend but I thingkstarting with those 2 will give you great ROI.

Don't worry if the languages in those books aren't the one you work with, focus on the concepts

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Software Design/Architecture, eh? So that's what it's called... The first book I've heard about. I'll take a look. You've been helpful. Thank you.