Code Reading (Photocopy Version)(Photocopy Version)

Author: DIOMIDISSPINELLIS
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Publish Date: 2004-04-01
Features: Finalist for the 2004 Jolt Award in the United States. If you are a programmer, then you need this book. The reasons why we may read code are: we have to fix the errors it contains; or we need to inspect it; or we want to improve it. The way we read code may be similar to how engineers inspect machinery—to understand how it works. Alternatively, we may read code to clean it up—identifying reusable parts. Reading code has its own techniques, and it requires us to be able to judge which techniques to apply in important situations. In this indispensable book, Diomidis Spinellis uses over 600 real-world examples to show us how to identify good (or bad) code: how to read it, what to look for, and how to use this skill to improve the quality of the code we write. Remember this fact: if we develop the habit of reading good code, we can write higher-quality code.