Stories from around the ranch

Jeanne reviewed Implementation Patterns by Kent Beck and gave it a whopping 10 out of 10 horseshoes.

Implementation Patterns is a great book to make better Java developers. The focus is to make us think about writing more readable and maintainable code. The audience is Java developers who know the basics of the language. If you have more experience, you will understand points on a deeper level. If you are newer to Java, you will form good habits.

You can read the full review and discuss it here.


I've been trying to write up some thoughts on "code quality" lately, and I put that aside until I could read this book. The "Theory of Programming" in the first chapters (also out there online if you Google for it) nearly made me weep because it said what I was after so much better than I could. The next few chapters haven't done much for me yet. I'm still open minded and reading on ...


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