January 11, 2009 - ElegantCode

11 Jan

2009

Ethics In Software Development: Pragmatism Over Dogmatism

By: Guest Blogger Category:UncategorizedTag: Butters:3 Comments

My fellow Elegant Coder Jan Van Ryswyck wrote about Craftmanship Over Crap. I generally agree with his point of view. Writing good, clean code is tremendously important for the long term survival chances of any software project. But i also believe that we sometimes need to be a bit more pragmatic about how we solve […]

11 Jan

2009

Recommended Books: Behind Closed Doors, Secrets Of Great Management

By: Guest Blogger Category:General PostTag: New Post:3 Comments

I don’t really have any interest in management, but i read a great recommendation for this book recently (forgot the link) so i couldn’t resist ordering it. It consists of two parts. The first 120 pages is a bit of a story about a manager who was just hired to lead one of the departments […]

11 Jan

2009

Ethics in Software Development: Craftsmanship over Crap

By: Jan Van Ryswyck Category:UncategorizedTag: Butters:7 Comments

Robert C. Martin calls ‘Craftsmanship over Crap’ the fifth principle of the agile manifesto. I’ve been writing a lot on this blog about writing clean code and qualities that every piece of code should have. Besides writing clean code, we as software professionals should also adhere to a number of qualities as well: We shall […]