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    Release Year
    2021
    Book Title
    Good Code, Bad Code: Think like a software engineer
    ISBN
    9781617298936
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    Product Identifiers

    Publisher
    Manning Publications Co. LLC
    ISBN-10
    161729893X
    ISBN-13
    9781617298936
    eBay Product ID (ePID)
    3050395911

    Product Key Features

    Number of Pages
    350 Pages
    Publication Name
    Good Code, Bad Code: Think like a Software Engineer
    Language
    English
    Subject
    Software Development & Engineering / Quality Assurance & Testing, Software Development & Engineering / General, Reference
    Publication Year
    2021
    Type
    Textbook
    Author
    Tom Long
    Subject Area
    Computers
    Format
    Trade Paperback

    Dimensions

    Item Height
    0.9 in
    Item Weight
    24 Oz
    Item Length
    9.2 in
    Item Width
    7.3 in

    Additional Product Features

    LCCN
    2021-425084
    Dewey Edition
    23
    Reviews
    "A wealth of knowledge to sharpen your toolset." Joe Ivans,California Regional MLS "Pragmatic advice and useful tips for a career in software development." George Thomas, Manhattan Associates "A practical, informative book designed to help developers writehigh-quality, effective code." Christopher Villanueva, IndependentConsultant "Smart, well written, actionable information for creating maintainable code." Hawley Waldman, Consultant
    Illustrated
    Yes
    Dewey Decimal
    005.1
    Synopsis
    Practical techniques for writing code that is robust, reliable, and easy for team members to understand and adapt. Summary In Good Code, Bad Code you'll learn how to: Think about code like an effective software engineer Write functions that read like well-structured sentences Ensure code is reliable and bug free Effectively unit test code Identify code that can cause problems and improve it Write code that is reusable and adaptable to new requirements Improve your medium and long-term productivity Save yourself and your team time The difference between good code or bad code often comes down to how you apply the established practices of the software development community. In Good Code, Bad Code you'll learn how to boost your productivity and effectiveness with code development insights normally only learned through careful mentorship and hundreds of code reviews. Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications. About the technology Software development is a team sport. For an application to succeed, your code needs to be robust and easy for others to understand, maintain, and adapt. Whether you're working on an enterprise team, contributing to an open source project, or bootstrapping a startup, it pays to know the difference between good code and bad code. About the book Good Code, Bad Code is a clear, practical introduction to writing code that's a snap to read, apply, and remember. With dozens of instantly-useful techniques, you'll find coding insights that normally take years of experience to master. In this fast-paced guide, Google software engineer Tom Long teaches you a host of rules to apply, along with advice on when to break them! What's inside Write functions that read like sentences Ensure your code stays bug-free How to sniff out bad code Save time for yourself and your team About the reader For coders early in their careers who are familiar with an object-oriented language, such as Java or C#. About the author Tom Long is a software engineer at Google where he works as a tech lead. Among other tasks, he regularly mentors new software engineers in professional coding best practices. Table of Contents PART 1 IN THEORY 1 Code quality 2 Layers of abstraction 3 Other engineers and code contracts 4 Errors PART 2 IN PRACTICE 5 Make code readable 6 Avoid surprises 7 Make code hard to misuse 8 Make code modular 9 Make code reusable and generalizable PART 3 UNIT TESTING 10 Unit testing principles 11 Unit testing practices, Practical techniques for writing code that is robust, reliable, and easy for team members to understand and adapt. In Good Code, Bad Code you'll learn how to: Think about code like an effective software engineer Write functions that read like well-structured sentences Ensure code is reliable and bug free Effectively unit test code Identify code that can cause problems and improve it Write code that is reusable and adaptable to new requirements Improve your medium and long-term productivity Save yourself and your team time The difference between good code or bad code often comes down tohow you apply the established practices of the software development community.In Good Code, Bad Code you'll learn how to boost your productivity and effectiveness with code development insights normally only learned through careful mentorship and hundreds of code reviews., "Helps explain some of the knowledge gaps between enthusiastic new graduates and grouchy old gray beards like myself." - Joe Ivans Practical techniques for writing code that is robust, reliable, and easy for team members to understand and adapt. Good code or bad code? The difference often comes down to how you apply the conventions, style guides, and other established practices of the software development community. In Good Code, Bad Code you'll learn how to boost your effectiveness and productivity with code development insights normally only learned through years of experience, careful mentorship, and hundreds of code reviews. In Good Code, Bad Code you'll learn how to: - Think about code like an effective software engineer - Write functions that read like a well-structured sentence - Ensure code is reliable and bug free - Effectively unit test code - Identify code that can cause problems and improve it - Write code that is reusable and adaptable to new requirements - Improve your medium and long-term productivity - Save you and your team's time about the technology Coding in a development team requires very different skills to working on personal projects. Successful software engineers need to ensure that their code is reusable, maintainable, and easy for others to understand and adapt. about the book Good Code, Bad Code is a shortcut guide to writing high-quality code. Your mentor is Google veteran Tom Long, who lays out lessons and mindsets that will take your code from "junior developer" to "senior engineer." This instantly-useful book distils the principles of professional coding into one comprehensive and hands-on beginner's guide. You'll start with a jargon-free primer to coding fundamentals that teaches you to think about abstractions, consider your fellow engineers, and write code that can recover from errors. Next, you'll dive into specific techniques and practices. You'll run through common coding practices to learn when to apply the right technique to your problem--and which might be best avoided! All practices are illustrated with annotated code samples written in an instantly recognizable pseudocode that you can relate to your favourite object-oriented language. By the time you're done, you'll be writing the kind of readable, reusable, and testable code that's the mark of a true software professional. about the reader For coders looking to improve their experience in professional software development. about the author Tom Long is a software engineer at Google. He works as a tech lead, mentoring and teaching professional coding practices to new graduates and beginner software engineers.
    LC Classification Number
    QA76.6

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