The Pragmatic Programmer (en)
Using anecdotes, analogies, examples and parables, this user-friendly guide offers techniques for getting any programming job done effectively, and can help any programmer improve skills, no matter what level. Incorporates today's top languages, including Java, C, C++, and Perl.
Test-driven Development (en)
Write clean code that works with the help of this groundbreaking software method. Example-driven teaching is the basis of Beck's step-by-step instruction that will have readers using TDD to further their projects.
Working Effectively with Legacy Code (en)
Preface Do you remember the first program you wrote? I remember mine. It was a little graphics program I wrote on an early PC. I started programming later than most of my friends. Sure, I'd seen computers when I was a kid. I remember being really impressed by a minicomputer I once saw in an offic...
Refactoring
Le refactoring, ou ré-ingénierie du code, est l'opération consistant à retravailler le code source d'un programme de façon à en améliorer la lisibilité et par voie de conséquence la maintenance. Il ne s'agit pas de le compléter ou d'en corriger des bugs, mais d'en améliorer la structure sans en a...
Extreme programming
Oui, il est possible de mener à bien des projets logiciels amusants, productifs, et audacieux tout en créant systématiquement de la valeur pour l'entreprise et en conservant la maîtrise de ses développements. L'eXtreme Programming (XP) a été imaginée et construite pour prendre en compte les pro...
Clean Code (en)
Looks at the principles and clean code, includes case studies showcasing the practices of writing clean code, and contains a list of heuristics and "smells" accumulated from the process of writing clean code.