The Pragmatic Programmer

Posted on 02 March 2017 by Andy Hunt

Ward Cunningham Straight from the programming trenches, The Pragmatic Programmer cuts through the increasing specialization and technicalities of modern software development to examine the core process taking a requirement and producing working, maintainable code that delights its users It covers topics ranging from personal responsibility and career development to architectural techniques for keeping your code flexible and easy to adapt and reuse Read this book, and youll learn how to Fight software rot Avoid the trap of duplicating knowledge Write flexible, dynamic, and adaptable code Avoid programming by coincidence Bullet proof your code with contracts, assertions, and exceptions Capture real requirements Test ruthlessly and effectively Delight your users Build teams of pragmatic programmers and Make your developments precise with automation Written as a series of self contained sections and filled with entertaining anecdotes, thoughtful examples, and interesting analogies, The Pragmatic Programmer illustrates the best practices and major pitfalls of many different aspects of software development Whether youre a new coder, an experienced programm Best Download [ The Pragmatic Programmer ] author [ Andy Hunt ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr This is essentially a self help guide for programmers, the kind of book that enumerates the habits of Good and Happy People and makes you feel slightly guilty about not practicing most of them, but probably won t result in you forsaking your evil ways and stepping on the path toward Nirvana Hunt and Thomas are friendly but occasionally annoying gurus Their cloying metaphors boiled frogs, etc and kitsch jokes are offputting, and some of their advice borders on insult One assumes that when th This is essentially a self help guide for programmers, the kind of book that enumerates the habits of Good and Happy People and makes you feel slightly guilty about not practicing most of them, but probably won t result in you forsaking your evil ways and stepping on the path toward Nirvana Hunt and Thomas are friendly but occasionally annoying gurus Their cloying metaphors boiled frogs, etc and kitsch jokes are offputting, and some of their advice borders on insult One assumes that when they devote a whole section to interpersonal communication that they are targetting the particularly closeted and uncouth breed of computer geek recently emerged from the dark and brutish cave of high school, struggling to make headway in a world full of messy, inconsistent, emotional people who don t even know how to reverse grep an Apache log.That sa...I no longer have any need for mentors or friends now that I have AVClub the AVQA and Gateways to Geekery columns in particular , Quora, and Stack Overflow.Case in point That I found this book Over the past couple of years I have been gradually writing and less gradually maintaining a code base for separate projects It s getting the point where I might as well figure out what the hell I m doing So I go to Stack Overflow and find my way to a question like What programming book do you I no longer have any need for mentors or friends now that I have AVClub the AVQA and Gateways to Geekery columns in particular , Quora, and Stack Overflow.Case in point That I found this book Over the past couple of years I have been gradually writing and less gradually maintaining a code base for separate projects It s getting the point where I might as well figure out what the hell I m doing So I go to Stack Overflow and find my way to a question like What programming book do you wish you had read early in your career This book is...While many complain about already knowing everything in the book, or that it s outdated, I believe they are quite missing the point Perhaps this book didn t speak to you at the point you are at in developing your skills and crafts, but it might speak to someone else just beginning Rating the book low for the reason it wasn t what you needed is rather disingenuous, as a rating should be a guide to the quality of the book overall The information contained in this book is essential for software While many complain about already knowing everything in the book, or that it s outdated, I believe they are quite missing the point Perhaps this book didn t speak to you at the point you are at in developing your skills and crafts, but it might speak to someone else just beginning Rating the book low for the reason it wasn t what you needed is rather disingenuous, as a rating should be a guide to the quality of the book overall The information contained in this book is essential for software developers who want to develop their skills and knowledge into a craft worthy of renown, to become masters of the field It is essential for anyone working in a team or working solo.The book ...4.0 Good for new programmersThis seems to be a favorite in the office, so before I participating in the recommending of this book to new hires, I figured I should check it out first There is definitely some good stuff in here, but most won t be new for anyone who s been programming professionally for 2 or 3 years orI think most engineers problems is that they don t do what they know is the right thing.I think many people have said this before, but at the risk of duplication I ll say t 4.0 Good for new programmersThis seems to be a favorite in the office, so before I participating in the recommending of this book to new hires, I figured I should check it out first There is definitely some good stuff in here, but most won t be new for anyone who s been programming professionally for 2 or 3 years orI think most engineers problems is that they don t do what they know is the right thing.I think many people have said this before, but at the risk of duplication I ll say that the book contains a lot of common sense codified The other interesting bits are the suggestions for ways to behave as a good engineer Thing is many of them feellike personality traits than things you can learn or decide to do.such as learn new things languages, editors, frameworks see how things work if something s broken find out why, don t just ge...For a total beginner, the concepts will be difficult to internalize For a seasoned programmer on a good team , it will be littlethan a general reinforcement While it s hard to imagine the right time in one s career to read the The Pragmatic Programmer probably, often , it s a classic...This is my favorite non technical tech book It explores good software development practices In my opinion it isthan just a checklist of what you should do it literally changed my approach to development with positive results.Others have mentionned that they already knew most of the things in this book, and practice these good habits in their development environments I ve worked in dozens of environments ranging from very successful experienced companies, to fly by night operations tha This is my favorite non technical tech book It explores good software development practices In my opinion it isthan just a checklist of what you should do it literally changed my approach to development with positive results.Others have mentionned that they already knew most of the things in this book, and practice these good habits in their development environments I ve worked in dozens of environments ranging from very successful experienced companies, to fly by night operations that have no business writing code Any one of these environments would have been vastly improved if some of these practices were incorporated And in several environments, ...,, , , ,, , , , , , ,, , , ,, , , , , ,, 1999 2000 , , ,In fact, it s a good book if you re just beginning to program I ve just read it late, so it contains nothing new to me I can t imagine that there are software developers who don t know about practices described...I didn t like the structure of the book Some of the concepts were vaguely presented I was also bored a little bit while reading it.Some notesChapter 1 A Pragmatic PhilosophyTip 3 Provide Options, Don t Make Lame ExcusesBefore you approach anyone to tell them why something can t be done, is late, or is broken, stop and re evaluateTip 4 Don t Live with Broken WindowsDon t leave broken windows bad designs, wrong decisions, or poor code un repairedTip 5 Be a Catalyst for ChangeStart with s...Who is this book for Certainly not for experienced, skilled software developers Considering myself at least experienced, I found most of the material in this book a rehash of methodologies and techniques I ve used forthan a decade Granted, there were a few gems here and there, but mostly I was bored because I didn t learn anything new.One has to respect that this book is from 1999, so in that perspective, it must have been quite ground breaking Had I read it in 1999, I wouldn t have kno Who is this book for Certainly not for experienced, skilled software developers Considering myself at least experienced, I found most of the material in this book a rehash of methodologies and techniques I ve used forthan a decade Granted, there were a few gems here and there, but mostly I was bored because I didn t learn anything new.One has to respect that this book is from 1999, so in that perspective, it must have been quite ground breaking Had I read it in 1999, I wouldn t have known any of these things.The question is, though would I have been able to use this book for anything back then While I found myself agreeing with lots of advice given in the book, I also found that the reason I could agree with so much is that the advice is so vague that you can read your own interpretation into it.Perhaps you could view that as a strength of the contents It attempts to plant a lot of seeds into the readers minds, without ever ...

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02 March 2017

Andy Hunt