Code Complete, Second Edition

Steve Mcconnell

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For this second edition of a practical guide to programming, McConnell, a software engineer, describes new practices and offers hundreds of new code samples illustrating software construction.

Capturing the body of knowledge available from research, academia, and everyday commercial practice, he synthesizes techniques and principles for programmers of every experience level, development environment, or project size.

Material is in sections on laying the foundation, creating high-quality code, variables, statements, code improvements, system considerations, and software craftsmanship.

Numerous tips, key points, and checklists are included.Copyright © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

About the Author

Steve McConnell is Chief Software Engineer at Construx Software where he oversees Construx's software engineering practices.

Steve is the lead for the Construction Knowledge Area of the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge (SWEBOK) project.

Steve has worked on software projects at Microsoft, Boeing, and other Seattle-area companies. Steve is the author of Rapid Development (1996), Software Project Survival Guide (1998), and Professional Software Development (2004).

His books have twice won Software Development magazine's Jolt Excellence award for outstanding software development book of the year.

In 1998, readers of Software Development magazine named Steve one of the three most influential people in the software industry along with Bill Gates and Linus Torvalds.

Steve was also the lead developer of SPC Estimate Professional, winner of a Software Development Productivity award.

Steve has worked in the desktop software industry since 1984 and has expertise in rapid development methodologies, project estimation, software construction practices, performance tuning, system integration, and third-party contract management.

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	For more than a decade, Steve McConnell, one of the premier authors and voices in the software community, has helped change the way developers write code--and produce better software. Now his classic book, CODE COMPLETE,... read full editorial

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Code Complete, Second Edition
Steve Mcconnell


	An essential book for any software engineering library
	(Baltimore/Washington, USA) July 26, 2004 - 5.0/5 stars
	The original Code Complete has long been regarded by many serious software developers as a 'must have' compilation of software construction best practices. CC2 has similar breadth and depth and has been thoroughly updated... read full review

	AMAZING..SIMPLY AMAZING
	(Baltimore/Washington, USA) May 1, 2005 - 5.0/5 stars
	Get this book now. read it once. absorb it. then read it again. i've read many software books including thomas and hunt's pragmatic programmer, but code complete stands out as THE book if you want to learn how to write better code.

	Interesting Read
	(Ireland) November 14, 2004 - 5.0/5 stars
	I never read the first book but I had always heard about how good it was. The 2nd edition is a very good book. A lot of the information contained withing the covers is pure common sense that unfortunatly, most... read full review

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