# Readability

> The ease with which source code can be read and understood by a developer.

Record: `lexicon:readability`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Human Factors](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/human-factors.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-readability

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Policy Complexity](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/policy-complexity.md) and before [Reliability](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/reliability.md).

## Category

- [Quality Attributes](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/quality-attributes.md)

## In tension with

- [Homoiconicity](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/homoiconicity.md)
- [Homoiconicity / Readability](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/homoiconicity-readability.md)

## Enabled by

- [Intent-Revealing Interface](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/intent-revealing-interface.md)

## Linked from

- [Metaprogramming / Language-Oriented Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-metaprogramming-language-oriented-architecture.md)
- [Schema / Canonical Data / Semantics](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-schema-canonical-data-semantics.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)