The second piece of code looks more structured, visual-friendly and self-explaining. Reading only the few first lines makes it clear that there's a form and a ticker and a story that goes on around these...The first code on the other hand makes it mentally exhaustive since you need to incrementally follow the infix arrow to the next and collectively decide on the overall synergy all these pointing arrows will possess, hence, maintaining such a code by someone else can invite wrath upon the one who originally wrote it..

At the end, it all boils down to preferences, if you're working in a team, there will be an agreed upon style and method to code design and its documentation. If you're solo then it is you who calls the shots on the style choice but meanwhile keep reading others' code and inspecting others' styles for you to be flexible enough to adjust to style modifications...

Best of luck :)

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In reply to Re: Coding style by biohisham
in thread Coding style by nyamned

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