Pragmatic Programmer, The: From Journeyman to Master: Hunt, Andrew; Thomas, David: 9780201616224: Book: Computers: eCampus.com

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 pleases the user. Covers topics ranging from personal responsibility and career development. Softcover. DLC: Computer programming.

Foreword

xiii

Preface

xvii

A Pragmatic Philosophy

(24)

The Cat Ate My Source Code

(2)

Software Entropy

(3)

Stone Soup and Boiled Frogs

(2)

Good-Enough Software

(3)

Your Knowledge Portfolio

(6)

Communicate!

(7)

A Pragmatic Approach

(46)

The Evils of Duplication

(8)

Orthogonality

(10)

Reversibility

(4)

Tracer Bullets

(5)

Prototypes and Post-it Notes

(4)

Domain Languages

(7)

Estimating

(7)

The Basic Tools

(36)

The Power of Plain Text

(4)

Shell Games

(5)

Power Editing

(4)

Source Code Control

(4)

Debugging

(9)

Text Manipulation

(3)

Code Generators

102

(5)

Pragmatic Paranoia

107

(30)

Design by Contract

109

(11)

Dead Programs Tell No Lies

120

(2)

Assertive Programming

122

(3)

When to Use Exceptions

125

(4)

How to Balance Resources

129

(8)

Bend, or Break

137

(34)

Decoupling and the Law of Demeter

138

(6)

Metaprogramming

144

(6)

Temporal Coupling

150

(7)

It's Just a View

157

(8)

Blackboards

165

(6)

While You Are Coding

171

(30)

Programming by Coincidence

172

(5)

Algorithm Speed

177

(7)

Refactoring

184

(5)

Code That's Easy to Test

189

(9)

Evil Wizards

198

(3)

Before the Project

201

(22)

The Requirements Pit

202

(10)

Solving Impossible Puzzles

212

(3)

Not Until You're Ready

215

(2)

The Specification Trap

217

(3)

Circles and Arrows

220

(3)

Pragmatic Projects

223

(86)

Pragmatic Teams

224

(6)

Ubiquitous Automation

230

(7)

Ruthless Testing

237

(11)

It's All Writing

248

(7)

Great Expectations

255

(3)

Pride and Prejudice

258

(3)

Appendices

A Resources

261

(18)

Professional Societies

262

(1)

Building a Library

262

(4)

Internet Resources

266

(9)

Bibliography

275

(4)

B Answers to Exercises

279

(30)

Index

309


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