Worldly advice for software developers
The Register has an excellent review of Steve McConnell’s Code Complete, Second Edition. Excellent because it sensibly boils down a very large book very succinctly. Two major themes of the book can be summed up in these two bullets:
- Taming complexity is a key goal of the best developers; and
- Code is read more than it’s written.
Two bullets is an unfair reflection of the book, but it’s sound advice that’s usable now. Their verdict? “We can’t recommend it enough.” It’s already on my shopping list.
