# \#good-practices

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## [PSA: Use modules for dirty work preparing scripts, debugging, etc](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/psa-use-modules-for-dirty-work-preparing-scripts-debugging-etc/119068)

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**Author:** [@heliosdrm](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/heliosdrm)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 6, 2024, 12:01am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/psa-use-modules-for-dirty-work-preparing-scripts-debugging-etc/119068 "2024-09-06T00:01:55Z")

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Let’s say I’m preparing a script, e.g. to analyze data in a project. The recommended practice is to put as much code as possible in functions, keeping the global scope clean. But while I’m designing those functions (or d…