Color Code

Standard programming languages are generic. While that is the purpose of such language, it leads to many ways of understanding and doing the same thing.

The idea is to establish specific guides that should lead to uniquely designed code, hopefully, a better one, leaving less space for a different interpretation.

Why 'color'?

We need a new term for the code categorization. Common terms, 'type' or 'kind,' are already used in a different context. And it's fun!

Let's begin.

Table of Contents

• 🟦 DATA
• 🟪 BUILDER
• 🟥 STATE
• 🟨 FUNCTION
• 🟧 ACTION
• Binding
• ⬛️ CONTEXT
• Misc topics
• 🍭 Color wheel

Examples

• Calculator - using Ctx
• ToDo App - simple app with two layers
• Restaurants - real-world web app with Ktor & Exposed.

Tools

• ISCAN - pen-n-paper tool for analyzing code quality.

Primary colors

🟦 == calm, unchanged, stable
🟨 == pure, light, combined
🟥 == contagious, changes other colors

Finally:

⚡️ Pro Tip: don't take this too serious.