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- ISBN-101556154844
- ISBN-13978-1556154843
- Edition1st
- PublisherMicrosoft Press
- Publication dateJanuary 1, 1993
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions7.38 x 1.79 x 9.17 inches
- Print length857 pages
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- Publisher : Microsoft Press; 1st edition (January 1, 1993)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 857 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1556154844
- ISBN-13 : 978-1556154843
- Item Weight : 3.13 pounds
- Dimensions : 7.38 x 1.79 x 9.17 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,279,096 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #415 in Microsoft OS Guides
- #1,712 in Software Development (Books)
- #14,116 in Mathematics (Books)
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Steve McConnell is an award-winning, best selling CEO and author. His newest book is "More Effective Agile: A Roadmap for Software Leaders." His first book, "Code Complete", has been recognized as the best-selling, best-reviewed software development book of all time. His books have been translated into 20 languages and sold more than one million copies worldwide.
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by others who haven't a clue about how to name functions
or variables, this book is a great way to point them in
the right direction. I'm a Computer Science major who
has programmed professionally for 20 years, and this book
really polished my skills. If Steve's guidelines are followed,
readable code is the result that requires very few comments
to be understandable. This book was strongly recommended
reading at my previous job and rightly so.
The examples are very light on object oriented content and heavy on procedural language examples such a 'C'. There is no Java (didn't exist) and the tools noted are definatly of an older generation.
However this is an excellent read and should be on everyone's "...on a slow rainy day I would do this..." list.
That might have been true back in 1993, when the book was published. In 2002, "Complete" reads like a repair manual for Connestoga wagons -- an historical curiosity, with little practical use for the modern professional. (At least half the code examples are in Pascal; how many companies code in Pascal these days?) Most telling is the book's brief nod to Object-Oriented Programming as an up-and-coming technique for good programming practices; a slightly more modern treatment would have *focused* on OOP, to far better effect.
Perhaps I'm just annoyed at wasting my money on a primer, when what I wanted was an information-dense manual. However, if you're in 4th grade and learning BASIC, "Code Complete" might actually help to improve your marks a level or two.
Recommended!
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Bien évidemment le livre est axé sur la lisibilité du code et la façon de le rendre encore plus lisible. Un des nombreux conseils de de réécrire le code tant qu'il ne parait pas suffisamment clair.
Bien qu'il date de quelques années, tous ces conseils de bon sens et très argumentés sont toujours valables. Les exemples sont surtout données en pascal, c, basic, mais l'ensemble des reflexions reste applicable dans tous les langages de programmation.
Tous les aspects d'un projet informatique sont passés en revues de la conception au déploiement en passant par les tests, l'intégration et l'optimisation, tout en restant concentré sur la programmation elle-même.
Une très bonne lecture pour tout programmeur qui souhaite progresser.
I also purchased the second edition digitally, but after 5 years of purchasing this I still have the physical copy and occasionally read through it.
I would recommend also reading Test Driven Development by Example and Clean Code.
Ich glaube ich holle mir auch die neue Edition, einfach mal um eine Historische Entwicklung zu sehen. Wahrscheinlich sind die gemeinsamen Punkte der Editionen auch noch für die nächsten 10-15 Jahre gültig.
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