Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction
by: Steve McConnell
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For more than a decade, Steve McConnell, one of the premier authors and voices in the software community, has helped change the way developers write code--and produce better software. Now his classic book, CODE COMPLETE, has been fully updated and revised with best practices in the art and science of constructing software. Whether you're a new developer seeking a sound introduction to the practice of software development or a veteran exploring strategic new approaches to problem solving, you'll find a wealth of practical suggestions and methods for strengthening your skills. Topics include design, applying good techniques to construction, eliminating errors, planning, managing construction activities, and relating personal character to superior software. This new edition features fully updated information on programming techniques, including the emergence of Web-style programming, and integrated coverage of object-oriented design. You'll also find new code examples--both good and bad--in C++, Microsoft(r) Visual Basic(r), C#, and Java, though the focus is squarely on techniques and practices.
For more than a decade, Steve McConnell, one of the premier authors and voices in the software community, has helped change the way developers write code--and produce better software. Now his classic book, CODE COMPLETE, has been fully updated and revised with best practices in the art and science of constructing software. Whether you're a new developer seeking a sound introduction to the practice of software development or a veteran exploring strategic new approaches to problem solving, you'll find a wealth of practical suggestions and methods for strengthening your skills. Topics include design, applying good techniques to construction, eliminating errors, planning, managing construction activities, and relating personal character to superior software. This new edition features fully updated information on programming techniques, including the emergence of Web-style programming, and integrated coverage of object-oriented design. You'll also find new code examples--both good and bad--in C++, Microsoft(r) Visual Basic(r), C#, and Java, though the focus is squarely on techniques and practices.
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- A must for every programmer
This is an excellent book. It covers topics that every programmer should be intimately familiar with. While some of the sections feel like they might be stating the obvious, they are still worth the read. Steve is an extremely talented writer, and can make even the most mundane of topics fun to read. If you are a new programmer, then I think this book is especially important for you, since it will guide you into the right habits from the very beginning. It is much harder to break bad habits, so if ... Read More
Rating: - An absolute must-read for programmers
This book's discussion of programming philosophy and code style is essential reading. It's used as a textbook in some undergraduate software architecture courses, but it's also friendly enough for independent study. This book made me rethink the way I'd been coding for years.
I'd also recommend the more recent Clean Code, especially for Java programmers, as it goes into more depth, even providing actual case studies in which code is dramatically cleaned up.
Rating: - Just like Candy for Software Developers
Buy a stack of these books and put them on your desk to give away like candy to any software developers who wander in. It's the best thing you could do for your company and its products. In my opinion, this is simply the best book ever written for software developers. If you write software, no matter where your skill or experience level is at using the gems gleamed from this book will make you a better programmer. I have read this book, cover-to-cover a total of 3 times since it was originally published ... Read More
Rating: - Good practices based on hard data
This book is well known in China among programmers, the title was somehow
translated as "Code Encyclopedia", which is not very accurate, but captures the spirit, this book should be kept around, and picked up every now and then just as an encyclopedia.
Other than common pracices, the most valueble part of the book is
chapter 2 "Metaphors for a Richer Understanding of Software Development"
and chapter 33 "Personal Character", for example, the auther provides the following insights: ... Read More
Rating: - excellent condition AND I was amazed at how quickly I received it!!!
I had purchased this on the 23rd of Dec. and it arrived on the 27th...Which surprised me to no end!I expected it some time in mid-January since it was coming standard delivery.The quality of the book was excellent AND this was a very difficult book to find locally.
Thanks Amazon.Com
- A must for every programmerThis is an excellent book. It covers topics that every programmer should be intimately familiar with. While some of the sections feel like they might be stating the obvious, they are still worth the read. Steve is an extremely talented writer, and can make even the most mundane of topics fun to read. If you are a new programmer, then I think this book is especially important for you, since it will guide you into the right habits from the very beginning. It is much harder to break bad habits, so if ... Read More
- An absolute must-read for programmersThis book's discussion of programming philosophy and code style is essential reading. It's used as a textbook in some undergraduate software architecture courses, but it's also friendly enough for independent study. This book made me rethink the way I'd been coding for years.
I'd also recommend the more recent Clean Code, especially for Java programmers, as it goes into more depth, even providing actual case studies in which code is dramatically cleaned up.
- Just like Candy for Software DevelopersBuy a stack of these books and put them on your desk to give away like candy to any software developers who wander in. It's the best thing you could do for your company and its products. In my opinion, this is simply the best book ever written for software developers. If you write software, no matter where your skill or experience level is at using the gems gleamed from this book will make you a better programmer. I have read this book, cover-to-cover a total of 3 times since it was originally published ... Read More
- Good practices based on hard dataThis book is well known in China among programmers, the title was somehow
translated as "Code Encyclopedia", which is not very accurate, but captures the spirit, this book should be kept around, and picked up every now and then just as an encyclopedia.
Other than common pracices, the most valueble part of the book is
chapter 2 "Metaphors for a Richer Understanding of Software Development"
and chapter 33 "Personal Character", for example, the auther provides the following insights: ... Read More
- excellent condition AND I was amazed at how quickly I received it!!!I had purchased this on the 23rd of Dec. and it arrived on the 27th...Which surprised me to no end!I expected it some time in mid-January since it was coming standard delivery.The quality of the book was excellent AND this was a very difficult book to find locally.
Thanks Amazon.Com
