Recently Danny sent me a copy of Clean Code – A Handbook of Agile Software Craftmanship in pdf form (Or you can get your very own physical copy ).

It is a lengthy read and I have not finished it yet. However, very early in the book there was a humorous graphic, reprinted from a post by Thom Holwerda.  I think it distills code quality and stewardship into a perfect illustration so I wanted to share it.

You can read/see more of Thom Holwerda’s work at http://www.osnews.com/author/Thom+Holwerda

Do you think that picture is an accurate metric for code quality?

Let us know in the comments below.