97 Things Every Programmer Should Know

Collective Wisdom from the Experts 15 The libraries of shared code I created tied the shoelaces of each foot to the other. Steps ...

(^16) 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know The Boy Scout Rule Robert C. Martin (Uncle Bob) THE BOY SCOUTS HAVE A RULE: “Always ...

Collective Wisdom from the Experts 17 Frankly, this just sounds like common decency to me—like washing your hands after you use ...

(^18) 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know Check Your Code First Before Looking to Blame Others Allan Kelly DVELOPERSE —ALL OF ...

Collective Wisdom from the Experts 19 Question your own assumptions and the assumptions of others. Tools from different vendors ...

(^20) 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know Choose Your Tools with Care ........................ Giovanni Asproni MODERN APPLiC ...

Collective Wisdom from the Experts 21 the other tools. The greater the number of tools, the worse the problem can become. Some ...

(^22) 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know Code in the Language of the Domain ................... Dan North PiCTURE TWO CODEBA ...

Collective Wisdom from the Experts 23 lots of effort mapping the real world into our restrictive data structures. The real gurus ...

(^24) 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know Code Is Design .................................. Ryan Brush iMAGiNE WAKiNG UP TOMO ...

Collective Wisdom from the Experts 25 edge in the market. Getting design done fast becomes the central push of engi- neering fir ...

(^26) 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know Code Layout Matters Steve Freeman AN iNFEASiBLE NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, I worked on a ...

Collective Wisdom from the Experts 27 Expressive layout We’ve all learned to take the time to find the right names so that our c ...

(^28) 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know Code Reviews Mattias Karlsson YOU SHOULD DO CODE REViEWS. Why? Because they increas ...

Collective Wisdom from the Experts 29 Be gentle during code reviews. Ensure that comments are constructive, not caustic. Introdu ...

(^30) 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know Coding with Reason .............................. Yechiel Kimchi TORYiNG T REASON a ...

Collective Wisdom from the Experts 31 ach variable should have the smallest possible scope. For example, a E local object can b ...

(^32) 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know A Comment on Comments Cal Evans iN MY FiRST PROGRAMMiNG CLASS iN COLLEGE, my teache ...

Collective Wisdom from the Experts 33 Comments are not evil. They are as necessary to programming as basic branch- ing or loopin ...

(^34) 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know Comment Only What the Code Cannot Say Kevlin Henney THE DiFFERENCE BETWEEN THEORY A ...