Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship (edit title)

Timothy Gray approved Alexander Novoselov’s request to combine 2 books, including Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship, Friday, September 18 2009.

Alexander Novoselov submitted a request to combine 2 books, including Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship, Friday, September 18 2009.

Shelfari edited the description of Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship Sunday, August 2 2009.

• Even bad code can function. But if code isn't clean, it can bring a development organization to its knees. Every year, countless hours and significant resources are lost because of poorly written code. But it doesn't have to be that way. Noted software expert Robert C. Martin presents a revolutionary paradigm with Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship . Martin has teamed up with his colleagues from Object Mentor to distill their best agile practice of cleaning code "on the fly" into a book that will instill within you the values of a software craftsman and make you a better programmer—but only if you work at it. What kind of work will you be doing? You'll be reading code—lots of code. And you will be challenged to think about what's right about that code, and what's wrong with it. More importantly, you will be challenged to reassess your professional values and your commitment to your craft. Clean Code is divided into three parts. The first describes the principles, patterns, and practices of writing clean code. The second part consists of several case studies of increasing complexity. Each case study is an exercise in cleaning up code—of transforming a code base that has some problems into one that is sound and efficient. The third part is the payoff: a single chapter containing a list of heuristics and "smells" gathered while creating the case studies. The result is a knowledge base that describes the way we think when we write, read, and clean code. Readers will come away from this book understanding How to tell the difference between good and bad code How to write good code and how to transform bad code into good code How to create good names, good functions, good objects, and good classes How to format code for maximum readability How to implement complete error handling without obscuring code logic How to unit test and practice test-driven development This book is a must for any developer, software engineer, project manager, team lead, or systems analyst with an interest in producing better code.

Peiyu W edited the quotations of Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship Sunday, July 19 2009.

• Added a quotation: “Passing a Boolean into a function is a truly terrible practice”
• Added a quotation: “We don't usually expect information to be going out through the arguments”
• Added a quotation: “When we read a function, we are used to the idea of information going in to the function through arguments and out through the return value”
• Added a quotation: “Clear and expressive code with few comments is far superior to cluttered and complex code with lots of comments”
• Added a quotation: “Rather than spend your time writing the comments that explain the mess you've made, spend it cleaning that mess”
• Added a quotation: “The first rule of classes is that they should be small”
• Added a quotation: “And you will be challenged to think about what's right about that code and what's wrong with it”