Code Complete, Second Edition
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As I stated, he presents as absolute truth many things which are purely objective. Based on my own 18+ years experience in the software industry, I've found he often draws the wrong conclusions. I also recall feeling that some of his examples were overly contrived. The irony is that when I read the first edition when it was first published in 1993, I was impressed. In the intervening years, I worked for more companies and ran my own company. So when I recently revisited the book, I was left with a generally negative impression. I don't remember specific criticisms since I haven't dwelt on it. As I stated, there is good material in the book, but it is lost amongst the average and bad material. Were I the editor, the first thing I'd do is cut the book down by at least a third. (I just remembered another feeling I had; an impression that he hadn't worked as a working programmer on a team for a real commercial product in some time. That may be a wrong impression, but it is one I had.)
Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine. - P.J. O'Rourke
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As I stated, he presents as absolute truth many things which are purely objective. Based on my own 18+ years experience in the software industry, I've found he often draws the wrong conclusions. I also recall feeling that some of his examples were overly contrived. The irony is that when I read the first edition when it was first published in 1993, I was impressed. In the intervening years, I worked for more companies and ran my own company. So when I recently revisited the book, I was left with a generally negative impression. I don't remember specific criticisms since I haven't dwelt on it. As I stated, there is good material in the book, but it is lost amongst the average and bad material. Were I the editor, the first thing I'd do is cut the book down by at least a third. (I just remembered another feeling I had; an impression that he hadn't worked as a working programmer on a team for a real commercial product in some time. That may be a wrong impression, but it is one I had.)
Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine. - P.J. O'Rourke
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I'm thinking about buying the book Code Complete, Second Edition. How many of you have actually read it and how good was it. I know there are things like naming your booleans descriptively like isThisBookGood or buyThisBook instead of itbg_TF. Is there more to this book than that? I want to really learn something that will help me be a better architect of my software and a better coder also. What do you think? Is The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master good also?
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Good book for new developers. But if you've been working for awhile, you should find only a few good ideas in this book.