How to justify to your colleagues that they produce crappy code?

Question

I am finding somewhat difficult to carry on working in my current job.

The codebase has become a bit wild lately (but definitely not the worse I\'ve seen), and I\'m havi

Answer 1

For starters:

1. Enforce the use of static code analysis tools. Every language has a few well known tools.

2. Show some before and after refactored code examples, and explain why you think it's better. Try not to put any one person on the spot.

3. Code reviews by experienced developers.

4. keep in mind, some developers can't be helped no matter how much you try...

5. If someone critiques your code be polite and open minded, you might learn something.

6. Cyclomatic complexity / number of changesets/bugs. Complex code is more likely to break, cause more bugs which causes more changes, which cost more money!