The Clean Coder

Great read for any software developer who wants to behave and act professionally by becoming a professional.

This book is full of practical advice on professional attitudes, mindsets and interactions for software developers.

It was a great read. I loved it!

I feel that I know more about being a software professional than I used to know before reading this book. It takes several years of experience to learn some of the invaluable lessons that is laid out here! In that case reading this book and using it’s advice and lessons can save you a lot of trouble and pain in your road to become a real software professional.

Highly recommended.

He touches a lot of topics including:

• When to say YES and NO to incoming requests from your managers or clients and how and when to use a commitment language

• Test Driven Development importance and practice as part of being a professional

• Sharpening your skills by doing some daily/weekly controlled coding practices/exercises

• Using acceptance tests as a requirement communication measure and test automation pyramid interpretation

• Time and focus management and effort estimation techniques

• Pressure management, collaborations and blended teams

• The road to become a professional from apprenticeship to journeyman and finally to mastery