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Bad Code, Craftsmanship, Engineering, and Certification
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Summary
Robert C. Martin, during his keynote at QCon London 2010, tried to figure out why there is so much bad code written. He offers advice on writing good code talking about a bad code example, Boy Scout rule, functions, arguments, craftsmanship, TDD, continuous integration, pairing, small cycles, patterns, engineering, certification, and other elements contributing to qualitative code.
Bio
Robert C. Martin (Uncle Bob) has been a software professional since 1970 and an international software consultant since 1990. He is founder and president of Object Mentor Inc., a team of experienced consultants who mentor their clients worldwide in the fields of C++, Java, OO, Patterns, UML, Agile Methodologies, and Extreme Programming.
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May 26, 2010
Community comments
bad code video
by Patrick Huizinga,
Re: bad code video
by Marcell Hegedűs,
very clear steps about good code
by Nazish Ali Rizvi,
great
by Wolfgang Schaar,
good presentation
by Sudheer Bandaru,
Great presentation for a software developer
by Senthil Arumugam,
bad code video
by Patrick Huizinga,
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the video played at the beginning of the presentation can be found at blog.objectmentor.com/articles/2010/03/07/devel...
very clear steps about good code
by Nazish Ali Rizvi,
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I like this presentation, previously I saw Josha Bloch "How to write a good API and why it matters".It gives me some techniques but its a different topic ,but this one is awesome. Thanks Robert
great
by Wolfgang Schaar,
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great presentation and worth to see it - thank you
good presentation
by Sudheer Bandaru,
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Awesome presentation. Good things about good code explained interestingly.
Re: bad code video
by Marcell Hegedűs,
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Bad code on vimeo.com
Great presentation for a software developer
by Senthil Arumugam,
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Great presentation for a software developer - Thank you Mr. Bob.