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Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship

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Even bad code can function. But if code isn't clean, it can bring a development organization to its knees. Every year, countless hours and significant resources are lost because of poorly written code. But it doesn't have to be that way.
Noted software expert Robert C. Martin presents a revolutionary paradigm with Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship . Martin has teamed up with his colleagues from Object Mentor to distill their best agile practice of cleaning code on the fly into a book that will instill within you the values of a software craftsman and make you a better programmer but only if you work at it.
What kind of work will you be doing? You'll be reading code - lots of code. And you will be challenged to think about what's right about that code, and what's wrong with it. More importantly, you will be challenged to reassess your professional values and your commitment to your craft.
Clean Code is divided into three parts. The first describes the principles, patterns, and practices of writing clean code. The second part consists of several case studies of increasing complexity. Each case study is an exercise in cleaning up code - of transforming a code base that has some problems into one that is sound and efficient. The third part is the payoff: a single chapter containing a list of heuristics and "smells" gathered while creating the case studies. The result is a knowledge base that describes the way we think when we write, read, and clean code.
Readers will come away from this book understanding

‣ How to tell the difference between good and bad code
‣ How to write good code and how to transform bad code into good code
‣ How to create good names, good functions, good objects, and good classes
‣ How to format code for maximum readability
‣ How to implement complete error handling without obscuring code logic
‣ How to unit test and practice test-driven development

This book is a must for any developer, software engineer, project manager, team lead, or systems analyst with an interest in producing better code.

431 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

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Robert C. Martin

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Robert Cecil Martin, commonly called Uncle Bob, is a software engineer, advocate of Agile development methods, and President of Object Mentor Inc. Martin and his team of software consultants use Object-Oriented Design, Patterns, UML, Agile Methodologies, and eXtreme Programming with worldwide clients.

He was Editor in Chief of the C++ Report from 1996 to 1999. He is a featured speaker at international conferences and trade shows.

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January 27, 2020
Kitapta anlatılanlar benim için daha çok prensiplerin isimlerini hatırlatma gibi oldu ama hızlı akan bir kitap olduğu için harcadığım zamana üzülmedim. Her genç yazılımcının okuması gereken bir kitap diyebilirim ama tecrübeli yazılımcılar için katkısı sınırlı oluyor.
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April 10, 2019
Her yazılım geliştiricinin okuması gereken bir başucu eseri. Temiz yazılmayan kodların ileride can yakmaması için bu kitabı okumakta fayda var.
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March 22, 2019
Kitap genel olarak güzel tavsiyeler veriyor. Okumakta zarar yok, ana fikirler güzel. Lakin 2 puan kırmamda en büyük etken, yazılımda karmaşıklığı çözmeye veya azaltmaya çalışan bir kitapta affedemeyeceğim bir günah olan "Değişmezlik" ilkesinin atlanması. Kitap bu ilkeye hiç değinmeden hatta aksini teşvik ederek ilerliyor. Dolayısıyla da ne kadar uğraşsanız da sonunda karmaşık bir yazılım elde ediyorsunuz. Örnek ve "temiz" olduğu iddia edilen kodları okurken sırf bu yüzden zorlandım. Bilmiyorum belki şu ana kadar yazarın fikri değişmiş olabilir ama bu benim için önemli bir hata.

İkinci puanı da yazarın dilinin çok amerikanca olmasından, tepeden bakan, kutsal kitap tadında emreder gibi üslubundan ötürü kırdım.
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July 17, 2020
Kitap çok düzensiz. Sonlara doğru iyice konudan sapıyor. Neyse ki Chapter 17 de her şey madde madde özetlenmiş.

400 sayfa bu kitabı okumak gerçekten vakti alıyor. Kişisel tavsiyem sadece Chapter 17'nin okunması yönünde.

Azalan Marjinal Fayda Kanunu burada de geçerli. Maksimum birim faydayı sağlayıp başka kitaplara geçmeliyiz.
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