code like a girl
I came across this phrase a few weeks ago while looking for information on some CSS topic I was struggling with. I could immediately identify because I pore over my code until it’s perfect (to me). Occassionally, I let things slip. But they nag at me every time I see the code until I have to straighten it out. I even clean up the sloppy code on scripts I end up not using. I can’t stand testing a messy script. (I don’t know if this is a girl thing or an obsessive-compulsive thing.)
So in honor in these two blog posts: the simple definition and the more-detailed version, I created a button for anyone who wants to let the world know they are code perfectionists.

I used a free button-maker I found online. If code is poetry (the motto of Wordpress), then girly code is haiku.
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Amanda,
I don’t think it’s a girl thing or an obsessive-compulsive thing, is a pride thing. I’m a programmer by profession and I write well formatted code. I don’t think I would call it girly code, but code that is written in a sloppy manor is just bad code. Being sloppy, and this goes for anything, is just a sign that you don’t really care about what you’re doing.
Robert.
Robert,
I agree with you that well-written code is simply professional code. (I’m not claiming to be a professional coder.) But after I read the two blog posts I referenced in my post, I wanted to have fun with the concept. As the longer post I referenced pointed out, even the so-called professionals often churn out sloppiness.
Not to mention the fact that I wanted to create my own Web 2.0 button.
XX
Amanda
I LOVE it, especially as I’m simply perusing blogs while I let a database coding issue marinate in my head!
Must. Be. Perfect.
xoxo
jessica
Jessica,
I don’t envy your database issues. I usually get my problem solved in the middle of the night, often when I can’t remember it when I wake up.
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