Tap into the wisdom of experts to learn what every programmer should know, no matter what language you use. With the 97 short and extremely useful tips for programmers in this book, you'll expand your skills by adopting new approaches to old problems, learning appropriate best practices, and honing your craft through sound advice.
With contributions from some of the most experienced and respected practitioners in the industry--including Michael Feathers, Pete Goodliffe, Diomidis Spinellis, Cay Horstmann, Verity Stob, and many more--this book contains practical knowledge and principles that you can apply to all kinds of projects.
A few of the 97 things you should know:
- Code in the Language of the Domain by Dan North
- Write Tests for People by Gerard Meszaros
- Convenience Is Not an -ility by Gregor Hohpe
- Know Your IDE by Heinz Kabutz
- A Message to the Future by Linda Rising
- The Boy Scout Rule by Robert C. Martin (Uncle Bob)
- Beware the Share by Udi Dahan
Preface;Permissions;How to Contact Us;Safari? Books Online;Acknowledgments;Chapter 1: Act with Prudence;Chapter 2: Apply Functional Programming Principles;Chapter 3: Ask, What Would the User Do? (You Are Not the User);Chapter 4: Automate Your Coding Standard;Chapter 5: Beauty Is in Simplicity;Chapter 6: Before You Refactor;Chapter 7: Beware the Share;Chapter 8: The Boy Scout Rule;Chapter 9: Check Your Code First Before Looking to Blame Others;Chapter 10: Choose Your Tools with Care;Chapter 11: Code in the Language of the Domain;Chapter 12: Code Is Design;Chapter 13: Code Layout Matters;Chapter 14: Code Reviews;Chapter 15: Coding with Reason;Chapter 16: A Comment on Comments;Chapter 17: Comment Only What the Code Cannot Say;Chapter 18: Continuous Learning;Chapter 19: Convenience Is Not an -ility;Chapter 20: Deploy Early and Often;Chapter 21: Distinguish Business Exceptions from Technical;Chapter 22: Do Lots of Delilƒe
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