Code Quality Books

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Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code (Addison-wesley Object Technology Series) Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code (Addison-wesley Object Technology Series)
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avg rating 4.24 — 8,868 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 — 9,507 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 4.35 — 23,725 ratings — published 2007
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A Philosophy of Software Design A Philosophy of Software Design (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.22 — 4,802 ratings — published 2018
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Working Effectively with Legacy Code Working Effectively with Legacy Code (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.14 — 4,688 ratings — published 2004
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Code Health Guardian: The Old-New Role of a Human Programmer in the AI Era Code Health Guardian: The Old-New Role of a Human Programmer in the AI Era (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.82 — 28 ratings — published
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Head First Design Patterns Head First Design Patterns (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.30 — 9,067 ratings — published 2004
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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 — 622 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 — 9,333 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 4.09 — 138 ratings — published
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Beyond Legacy Code Beyond Legacy Code (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.86 — 101 ratings — published 2015
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Game Programming Patterns Game Programming Patterns (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.49 — 1,607 ratings — published 2011
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Agile Software Development, Principles, Patterns, and Practices (Alan Apt Series) Agile Software Development, Principles, Patterns, and Practices (Alan Apt Series)
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avg rating 4.26 — 1,321 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