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Summary: Professional programmers style guide
Review: If you want to write code for a living, read this book. The advice can be applied and is valid across languages. This book you will help you become a valuable member of the code team by teaching the way to write solid code, that will be easy to extend and maintain.
If you are a lead I would suggest Rapid Development by the same author. These books will pay for themselves many times over.
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Summary: Relic from a dead profession
Review: If you are a programmer, get this book ASAP! This will make you a better programmer and give you guidence for continual improvement. This is a great book!The only bad thing about this book is that it is a little outdated (goes up to C language; does not mention C++ or Java), but I think Code Complete 2 is coming out soon (June 2004).
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Summary: Solid book
Review: As the other reviewers have overwhelmingly suggested, this is a solid book. It dives into sufficient detail, but doesn't bog the reader down with useless technicalities. This book is readable and well organized, making it a great reference or learning manual, which are two entities that very rarely exist together. It provides examples to illustrate the respective topics and includes an exhaustive bibliography for those who crave something extra. This book is a good buy.
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