Great code doesn't just function: it clearly
and consistently communicates your intentions, allowing other
programmers to understand your code, rely on it, and modify it with
confidence. But great code doesn't just happen. It is the outcome of
hundreds of small but critical decisions programmers make every single
day. Now, legendary software innovator Kent Beck-known worldwide for
creating Extreme Programming and pioneering software patterns and
test-driven development-focuses on these critical decisions, unearthing
powerful "implementation patterns" for writing programs that are
simpler, clearer, better organized, and more cost effective.
Beck
collects 77 patterns for handling everyday programming tasks and
writing more readable code. This new collection of patterns addresses
many aspects of development, including class, state, behavior, method,
collections, frameworks, and more. He uses diagrams, stories, examples,
and essays to engage the reader as he illuminates the patterns. You'll
find proven solutions for handling everything from naming variables to
checking exceptions.
This book covers
- The value of communicating through code and the philosophy behind patterns
- How and when to create classes, and how classes encode logic
- Best practices for storing and retrieving state
- Behavior: patterns for representing logic, including alternative paths
- Writing, naming, and decomposing methods
- Choosing and using collections
- Implementation pattern variations for use in building frameworks
Implementation Patterns
will help programmers at all experience levels, especially those who
have benefited from software patterns or agile methods. It will also be
an indispensable resource for development teams seeking to work
together more efficiently and build more maintainable software. No
other programming book will touch your day-to-day work more often.
Kent Beck, one of
the software industry's most creative and acclaimed leaders,
consistently challenges software engineering dogma and promotes ideas
like patterns, test-driven development, and Extreme Programming.
Currently affiliated with Three Rivers Institute and Agitar Software,
he is the author of many Addison-Wesley titles, including Test-Driven Development (2003) and, with Cynthia Andres, Extreme Programming Explained, Second Edition (2005).
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