codeaffection

noun

UK /ˌkəʊdəˈfekʃən/

US /ˌkoʊdəˈfekʃən/

A warm, loving feeling you have for the code you write.

After fixing the last bug, she felt a rush of codeaffection for her little program.

SYNONYMS

code love programming passion coding fondness developer devotion

RELATED WORDS

code affection programmer debugging software

OTHER MEANINGS

2. The special bond between a coder and a favorite programming language.

His codeaffection for Python made him smile every time he opened the editor.

3. A kind, caring way of writing comments and names in code so others feel welcome.

The team showed codeaffection by leaving friendly notes in the shared project.

4. The happy feeling of seeing your own code work perfectly for the first time.

When the game finally ran, he felt pure codeaffection.