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• It's hard enough to find an error in your code when you're looking for it; it's even harder when you've assumed your…
• Good code is its own best documentation. As you're about to add a comment, ask yourself, "How can I improve the code…
• Good code is its own best documentation.
• It's OK to figure out murder mysteries, but you shouldn't need to figure out code. You should be able to read it.
• It's better to wait for a productive programmer to become available than it is to wait for the first available programmer to…
• ... programming requires more concentration than other activities. It's the reason programmers get upset about 'quick interruptions' - such interruptions are tantamount…
• The default movement on a software project should be in the direction of taking elements of the software away to make it…
• Testing by itself does not improve software quality. Test results are an indicator of quality, but in and of themselves, they don't…
• A brute force solution that works is better than an elegant solution that doesn't work.
• Good visual layout shows the logical structure of a program.
• The job of the average manager requires a shift in focus every few minutes. The job of the average software developer requires…
• Even when you have skilled, motivated, hard-working people, the wrong team structure can undercut their efforts instead of catapulting them to success.…

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