Tap into the wisdom of experts to learn what every programmer should know, no matter what language you use. With the 97 short and extremely useful tips for programmers in this book, you'll expand your skills by adopting new approaches to old problems, learning appropriate best practices, and honing your craft through sound advice.
With contributions from some of the most experienced and respected practitioners in the industry--including Michael Feathers, Pete Goodliffe, Diomidis Spinellis, Cay Horstmann, Verity Stob, and many more--this book contains practical knowledge and principles that you can apply to all kinds of projects.
A few of the 97 things you should know:
- "Code in the Language of the Domain" by Dan North
- "Write Tests for People" by Gerard Meszaros
- "Convenience Is Not an -ility" by Gregor Hohpe
- "Know Your IDE" by Heinz Kabutz
- "A Message to the Future" by Linda Rising
- "The Boy Scout Rule" by Robert C. Martin (Uncle Bob)
- "Beware the Share" by Udi Dahan
The book was published in 2010. And for a 13 year old book it certainly feels old. This is a compilation of short articles written by several people. And they generally do a good job of articulating their thoughts, but I cannot say it's full of gems, or anything. There is obviously some good advice. After all they are all experienced people with a good understanding of the field. But there are also sentences like "Do not only measure test coverage, but automatically check the results, too. Again, break the build if test coverage is too low." or "Have a regular code review day each week. Spend a couple of hours in a review meeting." So... I think it makes good light reading. You can read a single of these 97 "things" in a couple of minutes. But I wouldn't keep my hopes very high.
BTW: The book is available in GitHub: https://github.com/97-things/97-things-every-programmer-should-know