97 Things Every Programmer Should Know: Collective Wisdom from the Experts

258 pages

English language

Published Feb. 22, 2010

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978-0-596-80948-5
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3 stars

97 very short pieces all containing little insights into what makes one a better programmer, written by a field of experienced programmers - mostly white dudes.
It's a short read, and definitely worth going through. There is a lot of good insight. I would say 60% of the pieces contain a valuable message - do testing. be careful of this usual pattern in testing because here's an anecdote where it failed. don't use this pattern. The other 40% I would say suffer from programmer's arrogance a bit too much and are very debatable. About 5-10 pieces actually are great and make sifting through this book worth it.
But again, too many white male voices. I'm certain that diverse voices define a broader insight. Especially since pieces approaching programming as a people problem from a bird's eye view are rare in this book, I'm sure that replacing these 40% debatable pieces …

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2 stars

Waste of time if you've programmed for some time. Maybe this is a good book for people with only a couple of years of experience. For me it simply states the obvious in very short chapters.

Books like Effective Java or Clean Code have much more depth in their respective topics.

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