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The Difference Between Good and Bad Code Comments

The difference between good and bad comments explained in under 25 words.

Mike Wolfe

• 1 min read
The Difference Between Good and Bad Code Comments

Bad Comments

Bad comments describe what the code is doing.

Good Comments

Good comments describe why the code is doing what it does.

Image by Fathromi Ramdlon from Pixabay

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All original code samples by Mike Wolfe are licensed under CC BY 4.0