Clean Code (2008) (edit title/settings)

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• “Passing a Boolean into a function is a truly terrible practice”

• “We don't usually expect information to be going out through the arguments”

• “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”

• “Clear and expressive code with few comments is far superior to cluttered and complex code with lots of comments”

• “Rather than spend your time writing the comments that explain the mess you've made, spend it cleaning that mess”

• “The first rule of classes is that they should be small”

• “And you will be challenged to think about what's right about that code and what's wrong with it”

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• The first rule of functions is that they should be small. The second rule of functions is that they should be smaller than that.

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• FUNCTIONS SHOULD DO ONE THING. THEY SHOULD DO IT WELL. THEY SHOULD DO IT ONLY.

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• Functions should either do something or answer something, but not both.

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• Objects hide their data behind abstractions and expose functions that operate on that data. Data structure expose their data and have no meaningful functions.

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• In general output arguments should be avoided. If your function must change the state of something, have it change the state of its owning object.

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• The Single Responsibility Principle (SRP)2 states that a class or module should have one, and only one, reason to change.

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• another way to know that a function is doing more than “one thing” is if you can extract another function from it with a name that is not merely a restatement of its implementation [G34].

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• The length of a name should correspond to the size of its scope [N5].

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• Of course, in those days we didn’t know LeBlanc’s law: Later equals never.

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• Functions that do one thing cannot be reasonably divided into sections.

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Organizations edit see section history

• Object Mentor: The consulting firm that houses some mighty minds including Uncle Bob, Michael Feathers and Mike Cohn.

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Table of Contents edit see section history

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Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Robert C. Martin (Author)

Other Contributors:

1. James O. Coplien (Foreword)

First Edition edit see section history

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• Dewey: 005.1

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Computers & Internet › Programming › Software Design, Testing & Engineering › Software Development
• Books › Computers & Internet › Programming › Languages & Tools

Books That Influenced This Book edit see section history