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matthewhorvat's review
5.0
This book shows up on many of the must read books for software engineers. Once you read it, you see why. As another reviewer has said, parts of the book feel out of date, but every chapter gives the engineer something to think about, something to consider.
I believe this book should be required reading for every developer achieving the senior software engineer level.
I believe this book should be required reading for every developer achieving the senior software engineer level.
rasvi24's review
informative
slow-paced
3.75
Read this book because my manager asked me too. Overall I find it was a good place to start for a beginner like me to get familiar with coding practices and system design. I do find myself remembering points from this book while I'm working on tasks especially about writing readable code. Some chapters I couldn't understand well because I'm not experienced then in my just begun programming career.
Do remember that it is a lengthy read haha.
Do remember that it is a lengthy read haha.
bighoney45's review
5.0
Easily one of the top technical books for someone entering the software engineering industry or wanting a refresh of fundamentals. I found myself seeing the world around me through the lens of this book and understanding why my company has decided to do things the way they have. I read this book cover to cover and it took months to finish but it was worth it in the end. I feel as if I have come away from it a stronger engineer and coworker. There are some good lessons to be learned in this book.
afuerstenau's review
3.0
A lot of interesting stuff in it but also a lot of stuff that is simply not as important as it was in the past. It's not a cover to cover book to me but I will have a look at it again once I need to dig deep into a specific topic.
actuallythor's review
5.0
There are so many aspects of knowledgeable experiences in this book, whether you're interested in examples of good and bad variable naming, or be it when to utilise certain data structures to accomplish lookups in an ideal way.
With a while fuckload of pages and content, Code Complete is both concise and *vast*. There is no need to read it all at once, and as you may see, I felt myself appropriately done with this last year. I'll have to get my hands on it again, however, as I feel the book gets more and more relevant the more you can relate to it with various experiences of your own. By that I mean that reading this as an inexperienced developer, perhaps entirely fresh, can give you ideas and directions to keep in mind when learning things. However, once you've dipped your feet into a wider array of issues with their solutions, you'll get a glimpse into all the things you've done wrong, and exactly why it's suitable coding horror.
It is indeed from Code Complete that Jeff's blog "Coding Horror" gets its horrified head of a logo.
With a while fuckload of pages and content, Code Complete is both concise and *vast*. There is no need to read it all at once, and as you may see, I felt myself appropriately done with this last year. I'll have to get my hands on it again, however, as I feel the book gets more and more relevant the more you can relate to it with various experiences of your own. By that I mean that reading this as an inexperienced developer, perhaps entirely fresh, can give you ideas and directions to keep in mind when learning things. However, once you've dipped your feet into a wider array of issues with their solutions, you'll get a glimpse into all the things you've done wrong, and exactly why it's suitable coding horror.
It is indeed from Code Complete that Jeff's blog "Coding Horror" gets its horrified head of a logo.
anillak's review
4.0
I agree this book is a must read for programmers. It contains things that have to be learned at one point and the sooner the better. I read it from cover to cover and even though I knew most of the things, either because I read about them in other (newer) books or because I learned them through experience, it was more than useful seeing them again. It might struck you as outdated in some places, but the majority of it is still valid today.
I wish I read it as part of a group so that I can discuss it with people more, as some readers mention in their reviews. I enjoyed the chapter about the personal character the most.
I wish I read it as part of a group so that I can discuss it with people more, as some readers mention in their reviews. I enjoyed the chapter about the personal character the most.