Saturday, October 08, 2005

Book Review / The Pragmatic Programmer


An interesting title. After browsing a few pages at
the book store I bought it, and read it pretty
quickly. An easy read but a good one. I have to say
that I was pleased to find out that some people see
the light.

Most people look at a design / piece of code and do
not even see what's wrong. Worse, they see what's
wrong and do not do anything about it.

I agree with pretty much anything this book promotes.
I am no longer alone in the universe thinking this
way. For a while I thought I was an anomaly of nature.

The book is a collection of tips that can only be
acquired by years of experience. Experienced
programmers should read it to get a clear description
of what we sometimes do instinctively.

Newbies should read it too and learn from the older
guys and become good programmers quicker.

There are a lot of good analogies in this book as well
as quotes that I really liked.

The abstract nature of our craft deserved a human side
that this book provides.


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