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Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction

Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction

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Author: Steve Mcconnell
Publisher: Microsoft Press
Category: Book

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Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars 100 reviews
Sales Rank: 2231

Media: Paperback
Edition: 2nd
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 960
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 9 x 7.3 x 1.7

ISBN: 0735619670
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.1
UPC: 790145196705
EAN: 9780735619678
ASIN: 0735619670

Publication Date: July 7, 2004
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3 out of 5 stars Complete but a little borring   July 14, 2008
 0 out of 3 found this review helpful

Code complete is the right title for this book. Sadly most people find it extremely hart to read it. Its great as a reference but reading it word for word is as interesting as watching grass grow. Don't get me wrong. This is a great book. Everyone should at least hold it for once. But do not try to read it as a book. The first 300 pages will be boring. When the actual code chapters begin it gets better but still tends to be tedious.

A great book for beginners but a little boring read for advanced users.



5 out of 5 stars Every Programmer Should Own This Book   May 29, 2008
 1 out of 1 found this review helpful

When I bought this book, I couldn't believe all the 5 star ratings in the reviews. But, now that I've finished it, I have to agree with them. Simply put, this is probably the best computer-related book I've read. In the book's 850 pages, I found a grand total of five minor problems: one was grammatical, two were typographical and two were minor disagreements with how some things were presented. All trivial. Content-wise, if the universities would teach this material and if programmers would follow the methodologies contained in the book, the world of software would be far, far better off. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND this book and rate it an Excellent 5 stars out of 5.


4 out of 5 stars A classic book   May 21, 2008
 0 out of 8 found this review helpful

for all programmers. Shall I say Application Developers? Software Engineers? Whatever the title is, programming jobs are alive and well! This book provides a solid foundation. It is too bad very few American students are interested in this profession.

The average students are all studying business marketing. The good students are studying finance.

At Harvard University, they do not teach Accounting. The best ones, study Economics. There are only 21 students studying Computer Science at Harvard. Yet, parents are paying $220,000 to Harvard and other Ivy League. Truly amazing!

Is there anyway we can change this trend?



4 out of 5 stars Great start for building a cohesive dev team   April 11, 2008
 1 out of 1 found this review helpful

This was a great book both for me and my team. I've been in the software industry for many years. I started building a team of developers and needed an easy way to bring novice and experienced programmers together on a similar set of standards. This book provided us with the perfect framework from which to start our team. We've developed several major projects using the principles in this book and have experienced a great deal of success.

One warning, the book gets a bit tedious after the first half. If you're looking to improve your C programming skills, it gets really detailed into pointers and other fun, or not, stuff. Also, the examples are in VB.NET...but you still get the point.



5 out of 5 stars Code Complete2 is a must-read for a programmer   March 8, 2008
If you're an experienced software developer or a newbee in the world of commercial computer programming this book will give a good kick in the right direction. Steve McConnel will keep you hooked by mixing the right guiding concepts with real-life knowledge and examples.

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