Software Engineering Practices Topics
Covers industry-standard practices for building maintainable, high-quality software, including code quality, maintainability, documentation, and effective technical communication within engineering teams.
Production Grade Code
Focuses on writing code that is safe, maintainable, and operable in production environments. Topics include defensive programming, robust error handling and retry strategies, idempotency, resource management, structured logging and metrics for observability, health checks and graceful degradation, testability with unit and integration tests, performance and memory considerations, dependency management and versioning, feature flag strategies and safe deployment patterns, and processes for validating and rolling back changes in production. Emphasis is on choices that reduce operational burden and support long term maintainability.
Coding in Collaborative Environments
Practical expectations and skills for writing code in shared environments or during pair programming. Topics include writing clear and modular code, using descriptive names, documenting intent with comments and documentation, structuring code for readability, adding simple tests, and performing quick refactors in a live coding setting. Be prepared to explain your code as you write it, respond to feedback, and follow team conventions such as style guides, code review processes, and continuous integration workflows.