Clean Code

Even bad code can function But if code isn t clean, it can bring a development organization to its knees Every year, countless hours and significant resources are lost because of poorly written code But it doesn t have to be that way Noted software expert Robert C Martin presents a revolutionary paradigm withClean Code A Handbook of Agile Software CraftsmanshipMartin has teamed up with his colleagues from Object Mentor to distill their best agile practice of cleaning code on the fly into a book that will instill within you the values of a software craftsman and make you a better programmer but only if you work at it What kind of work will you be doing You ll be reading code lots of code And you will be challenged to think about what s right about that code, and what s wrong with it More importantly, you will be challenged to reassess your professional values and your commitment to your craftClean Codeis divided into three parts The first describes the principles, patterns, and practices of writing clean code The second part consists of several case studies of increasing complexity Each case study is an exercise in cleaning up code of transforming a code base that has some problems into one that is sound and efficient The third part is the payoff a single chapter containing a list of heuristics and smells gathered while creating the case studies The result is a knowledge base that describes the way we think when we write, read, and clean code Readers will come away from this book understandingHow to tell the difference between good and bad code How to write good code and how to transform bad code into good code How to create good names, good functions, good objects, and good classes How to format code for maximum readability How to implement complete error handling without obscuring code logic How to unit test and practice test driven development This book is a must for any developer, software engineer, project manager, team lead, or systems analyst with an interest in producing better code. 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Martin ] – kino-fada.fr These are rather notes than a review while reading 1 Use very descriptive names Be consistent with your names.2 A function should not dothan one thing 3 SRP Single Responsibility Principle a class or module should have one, and only one, reason to change.4 Stepdown rule every function should be followed by those at the next level of abstraction low, intermediate, advanced.5 A long descriptive name is better than a short enigmatic name A long descriptive name is better than a These are rather notes than a review while reading 1 Use very descriptive names Be consistent with your names.2 A function should not dothan one thing 3 SRP Single Responsibility Principle a class or module should have one, and only one, reason to change.4 Stepdown rule every function should be followed by those at the next level of abstraction low, intermediate, advanced.5 A long descriptive name is better than a short enigmatic name A long descriptive name is better than a long descriptive comment.6 The ideal number of arguments for a function is ...The first half of this book is well worth a read Then I was reminded of Martin Fowler s I think comment that the original Design Patterns Elements of Reusable Software book was a response to the limitations of C It dovetailed so well into Java because Java has a lot of the same annoying limitations, and in some ways is even harder.The latter section of the book contains some worked examples that I didn t always agree with because they seemed to be totally over done A lot of the ...This book makes some very good points, sometimes taking them to extreme Never write functions longer than 15 lines Never write functions withthan three arguments Some of these points were quite new and useful for me YMMV It s too Java specific in a few places, and reading the last refactoring chapter on a kindle was quite a challenge, but otherwise it was well worth a read At least I got a clear picture of how I want to refactor...I had a tough time deciding between 3 or 4 stars.The book should be called Clean Java Code Some of the concepts definitely translate to other languages, but it uses Java for all of the examples and some of the chapters are dedicated to Java specific issues I consider many of the the suggestions to simply be common sense, but I ve worked with enough of other people s code to realize they don t necessarily agree With all of that said, I d definitely recommend the book to Java developer...If you are a programmer, you must read it full of good examples of how to write clean and readable code.There is a movement brewing in the world of professional software development This movement is concerned not merely with writing functional, correct code, but also on writing good code Taking pride in code This movement is the Software Craftsmanship movement, and one of the people near the head of this movement is Robert C Martin, also known as ...Many good points in this book Unfortunately, almost all of them are overdone Yes, you should write short functions, if possible Yes, you should have functions that do one thing.But no, one thing does not mean you should tear an algorithm apart into twenty little funclets that make no sense on their own.Basically, like another reviewer wrote, the first part of the book raises many good points, and the second part of the book then merrily applies these points way beyond their usefulness Read Many good points in this book Unfortunately, almost all of them are overdone Yes, you should write short functions, if possible Yes, you should have functions that do one thing.But no, one thing does not mean you should tear an algorithm apart into twenty li...I had a tough time deciding whether I really liked or It was amazing I liked the writing style of the book Its simple, clean, and well crafted.First few chapters of the book makes good practical advice from naming variables functions classes to writing functions to testing Most of the smells and heuristics I found in these chapters can be found in real world as well.Complexity kills It sucks the life out of developers, it makes products difficult to plan, build, and test Ray Ozzie, CTO, M I had a tough time deciding whether I really liked or It was amazing I liked the writing style of ...This is a book that one could get started on the idea of good code clean, readable, elegant, simple, easy to test, etc It has the usual stuff that you d expect good naming convention, testable code, single responsibility, short classes, short methods but I feel like it takes them on overdose, going to extremes IMHO such setting short explicit lengths, forbidding certain constructs, and what seems like refactoring for the sake of it.I d actually recommend other books like the Pragmatic This is a book that one could get started on the idea of good code clean, readable, elegant, simple, easy to test, etc It has the usual stuff that you d expect good naming convention, testable code, single responsibility, short classes, short methods but I feel like it takes them on overdose, going to extremes IMHO such setting short explicit lengths, forbidding certain constructs, and what seems like refactoring for the sake of it.I d actually recommend other books like the Pragmatic Programmer or Code Complete though there s something about the way this book reads irks me I think it suseful to highlight the attributes that clean code should have which this book does do , then it is to declare outright what is good and what is bad even in subjective areas like readability, comments, and formatting.To their credit, the author s did state right out at the start that these are their very perso...This had lots of good, practical advice that spanned everything from naming to testing to concurrency A lot of it was pretty Java centric, so I skimmed a few sections.By far the best portions of the book were the ones where the author demonstrates step by step his process for writing code test first, as well as refactoring If you get frustrated with either of the two at times, these parts of the book are fantastic , because you see that even someone who s been coding for 40 years like This had lots of good, practical advice that spanned everything from naming to testing to concurrency A lot of it was pretty Java centric, so I skimmed a few sections.B...

• English
• 23 December 2018
Robert C. Martin
• Paperback
• 434 pages
• 0132350882
• Robert C. Martin
• Clean Code