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The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master

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  1. Cover Page
  2. What others in the trenches say about: The Pragmatic Programmer
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Foreword
  8. Preface
  9. Chapter 1. A Pragmatic Philosophy
  10. Chapter 2. A Pragmatic Approach
  11. Chapter 3. The Basic Tools
  12. Chapter 4. Pragmatic Paranoia
  13. Chapter 5. Bend, or Break
  14. Chapter 6. While You Are Coding
  15. Chapter 7. Before the Project
  16. Chapter 8. Pragmatic Projects
  17. Appendix A. Resources
  18. Appendix B. Answers to Exercises
  19. Index
  20. Inside Front Cover

Contents

Foreword

Preface

1 A Pragmatic Philosophy

1. The Cat Ate My Source Code

2 Software Entropy

3. Stone Soup and Boiled Frogs

4. Good-Enough Software

5. Your Knowledge Portfolio

6. Communicate!

2 A Pragmatic Approach

7. The Evils of Duplication

8. Orthogonality

9. Reversibility

10. Tracer Bullets

11. Prototypes and Post-it Notes

12. Domain Languages

13. Estimating

3 The Basic Tools

14. The Power of Plain Text

15. Shell Games

16. Power Editing

17. Source Code Control

18. Debugging

19. Text Manipulation

20. Code Generators

4 Pragmatic Paranoia

21. Design by Contract

22. Dead Programs Tell No Lies

23. Assertive Programming

24. When to Use Exceptions

25. How to Balance Resources

5 Bend, or Break

26. Decoupling and the Law of Demeter

27. Metaprogramming

28. Temporal Coupling

29. It's Just a View

30. Blackboards

6 While You Are Coding

31. Programming by Coincidence

32. Algorithm Speed

33. Refactoring

34. Code That's Easy to Test

35. Evil Wizards

7 Before the Project

36. The Requirements Pit

37. Solving Impossible Puzzles

38. Not Until You're Ready

39. The Specification Trap

40. Circles and Arrows

8 Pragmatic Projects

41. Pragmatic Teams

42. Ubiquitous Automation

43. Ruthless Testing

44. It's All Writing

45. Great Expectations

46. Pride and Prejudice

Appendices

A Resources

Professional Societies

Building a Library

Internet Resources

Bibliography

B Answers to Exercises

Index