Fat Agnus

One very funny thing about programming is that it seems there is no correct way to write code. If it works, then it must be correct, no matter how complex the code end up getting. Well, that seems to be the way many programmers think and many of those programmers have forgot what the there code does when they look at it again 3 months later. I even used to be one those until I read Code Complete, it changed my way of thinking!

This book is about proper programming practices and when you read it you will catch yourself saying “well, that`s common knowledge” and right after you might be realizing that you aren`t using the practices that you just read.

The book covers topics like: Code-tuning, making good variable names and how to manage your manager and basically how to create quality code.

One of the really great things about this book is that Steve McConnell has hard data to backup his statements and that is probably one of the reasons why this book is considered to be the Holy Grail in programming.

So if you are new to programming then you can learn a lot from this book and it will probably improve your skills. If you are an experienced programmer and haven`t read it already, I will still suggest that you give it try because there is a good chance that you will learn a thing or two.

See here for more information about Code Complete, Second Edition