Code Quality Books

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Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.24 — 8,790 ratings — published 1999
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Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.30 — 9,452 ratings — published 1993
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Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.36 — 23,171 ratings — published 2007
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Working Effectively with Legacy Code Working Effectively with Legacy Code (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.14 — 4,658 ratings — published 2004
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Head First Design Patterns Head First Design Patterns (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.30 — 8,968 ratings — published 2004
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A Philosophy of Software Design A Philosophy of Software Design (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.22 — 4,265 ratings — published 2018
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Unit Testing: Principles, Practices, and Patterns Unit Testing: Principles, Practices, and Patterns (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.57 — 589 ratings — published
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The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.26 — 9,202 ratings — published 2011
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Clean Code in Python: Refactor your legacy code base Clean Code in Python: Refactor your legacy code base (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.11 — 128 ratings — published
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Beyond Legacy Code Beyond Legacy Code (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.86 — 102 ratings — published 2015
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Game Programming Patterns Game Programming Patterns (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.48 — 1,546 ratings — published 2011
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Agile Software Development, Principles, Patterns, and Practices Agile Software Development, Principles, Patterns, and Practices (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.25 — 1,313 ratings — published 2002
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Vladimir Khorikov
“Tests shouldn’t verify units of code. Instead they should verify units of behavior: something that is meaningful for the problem domain and ideally something that a business person can recognize as useful. The number of classes it takes to implement such a unit of behavior is irrelevant. The unit could span across multiple classes or only one class, or even take up just a tiny method. [...] A test should tell a story about the problem your code helps to share, and this story should be cohesive and meaningful to a non-programmer.”
Vladimir Khorikov, Unit Testing: Principles, Practices, and Patterns