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Production Code
(T-SQL Tuesday #156)

T-SQL Tuesday #156 invitation, hosted by Tom Zíka. Share what quality makes code production grade, with concrete examples and your reasoning. Join in.

Tom · 1 min read
Production Code (T-SQL Tuesday #156)

Background

T-SQL Tuesday - the brainchild of Adam Machanic and coordinated by Steve Jones is a monthly blog party on the second Tuesday of each month. And I will be your host for November 2022.

Invitation

I'm a learner by example, so when I started programming (not so long ago), I tried to find existing solutions on various Q&A sites or blogs, as one might.

After a while, I noticed one sentence repeating often enough that it stuck with me:

"This is not a production-grade code".

So here's my invitation: "Which quality makes code production-grade?"

You might think: "Production code is code that runs in production, duh."

But let's help out the newbies who look for a bit of concrete guidance. Please be as specific as possible with your examples and include your reasoning.

I'm not limiting the scope to just the SQL; it can be anything.

Rules

  1. Publish on Tuesday, 2022-11-08 (any time zone).
  2. Use the T-SQL Tuesday logo and link back to this post.
  3. Use the #tsql2sday hashtag on Twitter.
  4. Leave a comment here with a link to your post.
  5. DO NOT talk about Fight Club.

Update: the party is long over. Head to the #156 round-up to see what everyone said makes code production-grade.

Thank you for reading

Tom
Tom, TSQL Dev

SQL Server consultant from Czechia.

Give me a problem where the answer isn't obvious and the evidence doesn't add up. That's my idea of a good time.