Documenting the reasons behind requirements will give your…

“Tip 2 Think! About Your Work”

— Andrew Hunt

“Don't Gather Requirements—Dig for Them”

— Andrew Hunt

“In an abstract sense, an application is successful if it correctly implements its specifications. Unfortunately, this pays only abstract bills. In reality, the success…

— Andrew Hunt

“Pragmatic Programmers don't shirk from responsibility. Instead, we rejoice in accepting challenges and in making our”

— Andrew Hunt

“Pragmatic Programmers won't sit idly by and watch their projects fall apart through neglect.”

— Andrew Hunt

“There are certain tips and tricks that apply at all levels of software development, ideas that are almost axiomatic, and processes that are virtually…

— Andrew Hunt

“Nothing is more dangerous than an idea if it's the only one you have. • Emil-Auguste Chartier, Propos sur la religion, 1938 Engineers”

— Andrew Hunt

“You Can't Write Perfect Software. Did that hurt? It shouldn't. Accept it as an axiom of life. Embrace it. Celebrate it. Because perfect software…

— Andrew Hunt

“Let the computer do the repetitious, the mundane—it will do a better job of it than we would. We've got more important and more…

— Andrew Hunt

“We who cut mere stones must always be envisioning cathedrals.”

— Andrew Hunt

“As a programmer, you are part listener, part advisor, part interpreter, and part dictator.”

— Andrew Hunt

“Just as in financial investing, you must invest in your knowledge portfolio regularly.”

— Andrew Hunt

“...maintaining good regression tests is the key to refactoring with confidence.”

— Andrew Hunt

“Pragmatic Programmers are different. We are driven to find our bugs now, so we don't have to endure the shame of others finding our…

— Andrew Hunt

“Don't gloss over a routine or piece of code involved in the bug because you "know" it works. Prove it. Prove it in this…

— Andrew Hunt