Code Complete, 2nd Edition

Chapter 34. Themes in Software Craftsmanship

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Contents

• Conquer Complexity

• Pick Your Process

• Write Programs for People First, Computers Second

• Program into Your Language, Not in It

• Focus Your Attention with the Help of Conventions

• Program in Terms of the Problem Domain

• Watch for Falling Rocks

• Iterate, Repeatedly, Again and Again

• Thou Shalt Rend Software and Religion Asunder

Related Topics

• The whole book

This book is mostly about the details of software construction: high-quality classes, variable names, loops, source-code layout, system integration, and so on. This book has deemphasized abstract topics to emphasize subjects that are more concrete.

Once the earlier parts of the book have put the concrete topics on the table, all you have to do to ...