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Subject(s)

• Computer programming [Browse]
• Coding theory [Browse]

Series

Effective software development series [More in this series]

Summary note

If you are a programmer, you need this book. You've got a day to add a new feature in a 34,000-line program: Where do you start? Page 333 How can you understand and simplify an inscrutable piece of code? Page 39 Where do you start when disentangling a complicated build process? Page 167 How do you comprehend code that appears to be doing five things in parallel? Page 132 You may read code because you have to--to fix it, inspect it, or improve it. You may read code the way an engineer examines a machine--to discover what makes it tick. Or you may read code because you are scavenging--looking for material to reuse. Code-reading requires its own set of skills, and the ability to determine which technique you use when is crucial. In this indispensable book, Diomidis Spinellis uses more than 600 real-world examples to show you how to identify good (and bad) code: how to read it, what to look for, and how to use this knowledge to improve your own code. Fact: If you make a habit of reading good code, you will write better code yourself. 0201799405B02032003

Notes

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. 445-457) and indexes.

Source of description

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Language note

English

Contents

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Basic programming elements
• 3. Advanced C data types
• 4. C data structures
• 5. Advanced control flow
• 6. Tackling large projects
• 7. Coding standards and conventions
• 8. Documentation
• 9. Architecture
• 10. Code-reading tools
• 11. A complete example
• A. Outline of the code provided
• B. Source code credits
• C. Referenced source files
• D. Source code licenses
• E. Maxims for reading code.

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Other format(s)

Available also in a print edition.

Other title(s)

CODE READING

ISBN

• 1-282-69207-0
• 9786612692079
• 0-672-33426-7

LCCN

2002038563

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