I was a bit hesitant to buy this book, because it's expensive, there's no Kindle edition, and I couldn't really find as much info about it as I wanted to before buying. But I like Uncle Bob's stuff, and when I had the opportunity to get reimbursed by my work, I went for it.
How happy I am that I did. This book is an absolute trove of knowledge and experience. It has a full exposition of the SOLID principles, as well as a primer on the author's strict approach to TDD. Over half of the book is devoted to in-depth discussion of design patterns, with fully developed case studies. I've been using patterns for several years, but this is by far the most accessible work that I've found with this much breadth and detail.
What took me totally by surprise was something I'd been looking for for a while and could not find: a straight-up practical example of pair programming. Bob spends 42 pages on a transcript of a pair session he participated in to do the bowling score kata. That alone almost would have made it worth it for me, because I am curious about good implementation of pairing, and I have no ready examples.
The other point that really hit home as an eye opener was the principle "do the simplest thing that will work." Since coming to OOP and design patterns, I've been too concerned with elegantly engineering things, and sometimes lost sight of the goal and the best way to reach it. This principle, in tandem with the strict "test-first, write one failing test and code it" approach, gave me "permission" to solve problems clearly and simply, without unneeded abstractions.
If you want to expand your understanding of the aforementioned methodologies, and especially if you already appreciate the author's style and perspective, I couldn't recommend this book enough.
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Has anyone noticed the print quality is much much worse now?I just purchased a copy and found all pages are blurry, and the pages are much thinner than an old copy I borrowed from library.
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Outstanding book on design patterns
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Un libro que todo desarrollador debe de leer.
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