Code That Fits in Your Head Heuristics for Software Engineering

<b>How to Reduce Code Complexity and Develop Software More Sustainably</b><br> "Mark Seemann is well known for explaining complex concepts clearly and thoroughly. In this book he condenses his wide-ranging software development experience into a set of practical, pragmatic techniques for writing sustainable and human-friendly code. This book will be a must-read for every programmer."<br> -- <i>Scott Wlaschin, author of</i> Domain Modeling Made Functional <i><b>Code That Fits in Your Head</b></i> offers indispensable, practical advice for writing code at a sustainable pace and controlling the complexity that causes projects to spin out of control.<br> <br> Reflecting decades of experience helping software teams succeed, Mark Seemann guides you from zero (no code) to deployed features and shows how to maintain a good cruising speed as you add functionality, address cross-cutting concerns, troubleshoot, and optimize. You'll find valuable ideas, practices, and processes for key issues ranging from checklists to teamwork, encapsulation to decomposition, API design to unit testing.<br> <br> Seemann illuminates his insights with code examples drawn from a complete sample project. Written in C#, they're designed to be clear and useful to anyone who uses any object-oriented language including Java , C++, and Python. To facilitate deeper exploration, all code and extensive commit messages are available for download.<br> <ul> <li>Choose mindsets and processes that work, and escape bad metaphors that don't</li> <li>Use checklists to liberate yourself, improving outcomes with the skills you already have</li> <li>Get past "analysis paralysis" by creating and deploying a vertical slice of your application</li> <li>Counteract forces that lead to code rot and unnecessary complexity</li> <li>Master better techniques for changing code behavior</li> <li>Discover ways to solve code problems more quickly and effectively</li> <li>Think more productively about performance and security</li> </ul> If you've ever suffered through bad projects or had to cope with unmaintainable legacy code, this guide will help you make things better next time and every time.<br> <br> <i>Register your book for convenient access to downloads, updates, and/or corrections as they become available. See inside book for details.</i>