VI · Software practice & craft

Code Complete

Name: Code Complete
Author: Steve McConnell

Steve McConnell · 2004 (2nd ed.) · 960 pp.

What it does

The encyclopedia of construction. Variable naming, control flow, defensive programming, code-tuning, debugging, refactoring. Everything has a research citation.

Who should read it

Self-taught engineers who want to backfill the "how to write code" basics from primary sources.

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