A code smell is a hint, a clue which indicates that a potential problem is hidden somewhere in the code. Some of them are well-known by every developer, like too long identifiers, too short identifiers, duplicated code, too many parameters, dead code, etc.

Today, I’m going to tell you about a particular code smell that I recently had to fight against. Failing to find an official term, I will simply call it the if-else tree. Continue reading smell of if →