Fundamentals of Software Engineering

Table of contents

1. Brief Table of Contents (Not Yet Final)
2. Preface
   1. Who This Book Is For
   2. What You Will Learn
3. 1. Reading Code
   1. Working With Existing Code
   2. Cognitive Biases
   3. Approaching a New Codebase
   4. A Sample Process
   5. Software Archeology
   6. Practice Makes Perfect
   7. Wrapping Up
   8. Put it Into Practice
   9. Additional Resources
4. 2. Writing Code
   1. Don’t Reinvent the Wheel
   2. What is Good Code?
   3. Less is More
   4. Write Code to be Read
   5. The Problem With Code Comments
   6. Tests as Documentation
   7. Avoid Clever Code
   8. Code Reviews
   9. It is Hard to be Criticized
   10. Avoid the Checkbox Code Review
   11. Fostering Trust
   12. Apply the Golden Rule to Software
   13. Learning New Languages
   14. Wrapping Up
   15. Put it Into Practice
   16. Additional Resources
5. 3. User Interface Design
   1. What is usability?
   2. Know Your User
      1. You are not Your User
   3. Maximizing Usability
   4. Make the Right Thing the Obvious Thing
   5. The Importance of Good Error Messages
   6. Principles of Design
      1. Contrast
      2. Repetition
      3. Alignment
      4. Proximity
   7. Applying CRAP
   8. Destructive Actions
   9. Wrapping Up
   10. Put it Into Practice
   11. Additional Resources
6. 4. Learning to Learn
   1. Cramming Doesn’t Work
   2. Skills Acquisition
   3. Fear of Missing Out
   4. Where should you invest your time?
   5. Practicing Innovation
   6. Architectural Briefings
   7. Practice Grace
   8. Wrapping Up
   9. Put it Into Practice
   10. Additional Resources