If you want to work at Microsoft, an important question to consider is: What constitutes quality code?

"Quality code" means so much more than just meeting customer requirements, high code coverage and shipping on time.

 The Cloud, mobile and the online space present new challenges that did not exist in standard packaged software. Our online presence “is” our presence and, as an engineer, you need to ensure a few things to deliver quality.

Read my list of four essentials to writing quality code in this new era:

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