Editing Spaghetti code (section)

{{short description|Software source code with poor structure}}
'''Spaghetti code''' is a [[pejorative]] phrase for difficult-to-[[Software maintenance|maintain]] and unstructured [[computer]] [[source code]]. Code being developed with poor structure can be due to any of several factors, such as volatile project requirements, lack of [[programming style]] rules, and [[software engineer]]s with insufficient ability or experience.<ref name="Markus4">{{cite journal|last1=Markus|first1=Pizka|title=Straightening spaghetti-code with refactoring?|journal=Software Engineering Research and Practice|date=2004|pages=846–852|url=http://itestra.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/04_itestra_straightening_spaghetti_code_with_refactoring.pdf|access-date=5 March 2018|archive-date=5 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180305202716/http://itestra.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/04_itestra_straightening_spaghetti_code_with_refactoring.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>