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Summary: An accompanying CD-ROM contains examples and sample programs
Review: Examples in standard C++ and Java code fill the pages of computer programming expert Brian Hawkins' Preventative Programming Techniques: Avoid And Correct Common Mistakes, a thoroughly "user friendly" guide filled from cover to cover with solid general wisdom for programmers who work in all computer languages. From being wary of premature optimization; to avoiding making one's code to complex or too simple; to learning the most efficient and effective code documentation; and so much more, Preventative Programming Techniques is a truly first-rate resource and self-teaching tool for becoming a more skilled programmer. An accompanying CD-ROM contains examples and sample programs.
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Summary: An accompanying CD-ROM contains examples and sample programs
Review: Examples in standard C++ and Java code fill the pages of computer programming expert Brian Hawkins' Preventative Programming Techniques: Avoid And Correct Common Mistakes, a thoroughly "user friendly" guide filled from cover to cover with solid general wisdom for programmers who work in all computer languages. From being wary of premature optimization; to avoiding making one's code to complex or too simple; to learning the most efficient and effective code documentation; and so much more, Preventative Programming Techniques is a truly first-rate resource and self-teaching tool for becoming a more skilled programmer. An accompanying CD-ROM contains examples and sample programs.
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Summary: Well written, but lacks comprehensive research
Review: I have been programming for over 20 years and have always found these books interesting, however they never go into enough depth on the tools available on the market to prevent coding errors in the first place. Parasoft and Rational have decent tools for this, but I have not found a more useful tool than DISCOVER from Software Emancipation Technology, now Code Integrity Enterprise with MKS Inc.My programmers over the last 8 or so years have saved countless hours by using DISCOVER and the tool has only gotten better, adding impact analysis to detect all the areas of our code base that will be affected by a proposed change, saving hours of rework or damage to the hours already spent programming. If you're working with spaghetti code, have just been brought on board to fix your new company's code base or are required to keep management informed on your progress (and keep them off your back ;-)), I would recommend this book, and the tool I mention above. Cyclomatically speaking,
Mark
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