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Premature Optimization

Premature optimization is the root of all evil.

• http://www.flounder.com/optimization.htm --Optimization: Your Worst Enemy
• http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?PrematureOptimization

1. Make it work.
2. Make it right (the code is readable [ uses intention revealing names ] and every idea is expressed once and only once).
3. Make everything work.
4. Make everything right.
5. Use the system and find performance bottlenecks.
6. Use a profiler in those bottlenecks to determine what needs to be optimized. See profile before optimizing.
7. Make it beautiful (BeautifulCode)
8. Make it fast. You maintained unit tests, right? Then you can refactor the code mercilessly in order to improve the