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Code Complete, Steve McConnell. http://www.stevemcconnell.com/cc.htm http://www.stevemcconnell.com/cc.htm One of the best books on programming style and functi
by DanHulton 9y ago
Code Complete, Steve McConnell.
http://www.stevemcconnell.com/cc.htm http://www.stevemcconnell.com/cc.htm
One of the best books on programming style and function, backed up with actual research for the recommendations.
- darawk 9y agoI second this. I read this book in my teens after I had taught myself programming and just been hacking away for a little while. It had never occurred to me to even think about the issues this book was discussing. It really made me think about and appreciate design quality in software.
- 4ndrewl 9y agoDitto.
- vram22 9y agoSame opinion. I always recommend it to my programming students. Also, The Pragmatic Programmer is good, for topics both about programming and beyond programming per se.
- akprasad 9y agoDitto for both books, though I prefer The Effective Engineer to The Pragmatic Programmer. I found that quite a bit of the tactical advice in TPP is already standard practice (e.g. "always use source control"). Comparatively, TEE has more of an emphasis on project planning and team/company health, and I found that more useful for my work.
- vram22 9y agoThanks for the tip.
- arikrak 9y agoA lot if the advice in these books has become widely accepted, so if you might not find that much new in them if you've already worked at a tech company for a bit.
- vram22 9y agoTrue, but it's likely some junior folks will be reading this thread, so it was worth mentioning, IMO.