The Way of the Programmer

Author: Andy Hunt
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: This book consists of relatively independent chapters, interspersed with entertaining anecdotes, detailed examples, and interesting dialogues, describing the best practices and major flaws in various aspects of software development. Whether you are a new coder, an experienced programmer, or a manager responsible for software projects, by learning these lessons daily, you will improve your personal productivity, accuracy, and job satisfaction. The book directly addresses the fundamentals of programming, penetrates the growing norms and technical barriers in software development, and examines the core processes—namely, creating code that users enjoy, works, and is easy to maintain, based on requirements. The content of this book ranges from personal responsibility to career development, to architectural techniques that keep code flexible and adaptable for reuse. From this book, you will learn how to prevent software from decaying, eliminate the pitfalls of duplicated knowledge, write flexible, dynamic, and adaptable code, avoid recurring design issues, and protect code with contracts, assertions, and exceptions.