Clean Coder, The  (English, Paperback, Martin Robert)

The Clean Coder: A Code Of Conduct For Professional Programmers is a working manual that offers useful tips and guidance to be a professional programmer.

Summary Of The Book

The book introduces the readers and programmers to the many important concepts of programming. The book features the many tools, practises and techniques of the right software craftsmanship. Densely packed with useful tips and information, it covers a wide range of topics.

In fourteen comprehensive chapters the book offers practical advice about estimation, coding and refactoring. The book covers the techniques as the well the attitude required towards coding and programming. The author reveals how one can approach the development of software with honour, pride, and self-respect.

Who is a true software craftsman? How can programmers deal with tight schedules, unreasonable managers and various such conflicts? How can one manage time? How do we avoid burnout and handle pressure? The author answers all these questions and focuses on how professional programmers should conduct themselves.

Employing anecdotes and common problems faced in everyday lives, the book deals with many concepts such as Professionalism, the Art of saying no, Test Driven Development, Acceptance Testing, Collaboration, Mentoring, Craftsmanship and Apprenticeship.

Beginning with a foreword by Matthew Heusser, the book also includes the pre-requisite information required to understand the world of professional programming. The book focuses on important topics such as work ethics, being responsible, being a “team player”, the language of commitment and learning how to say “yes” or “no”.

Some  of the chapters also deal with the Flow Zone, Debugging, Writers Block, the Three Laws of Test Driven Development, the Coding Dojo, Communicating Requirements, the Test Automation Pyramid and Time Management. 

The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers also offers coverage on Estimation of Tasks, the Law of Large numbers, Handling and Avoiding pressure, the degrees of failure, Mentoring and Craftsmanship. The book is inclusive of an Appendix and features Tooling, Source Code control, Issue Tracking, IDE/editor, Unit, Component and Integration testing tools.

Published in 2011, the book is idea for people pursuing software and coding development. The book has proved useful to programming beginners as well the experienced programmers.

About Robert C. Martin

Robert Cecil Martin more popularly known as 'Uncle Bob' is one of the premier software professionals and author of many bestselling books in the industry.

His many prominent works include Agile Principles, Patterns, and Practices in C#, UML For Java Programmers, and Agile Software Development: Principles, Patterns, and Practices. He has also written many published articles in many trade journals.

His areas of interest include Java, C++, OOP, extreme programming, UML, and agile methodologies. He is the President and Founder of Object Mentor Inc. He has been an editor of the C++ Report and has written for Software Development magazines.