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A seminal software development book by Steve McConnell, first in the Developer Best Practices book series and the top answer to the Stack Overflow question, "What is the single most influential book every programmer should read?" (Link in usage guidance details)

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I am currently reading Code Complete. And I was confused when the author in one case uses the term "detailed design", and in the other "design for construction". What is their ...
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Currently, I'm reading "Code Complete" by Steve McConnell, 24.3 chapter "Specific Refactorings". I've become kind of confused with 4th paragraph, that looks like: Move an ...
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I'm currently reading "Code Complete" by Steve McConnell. In section 13.3 "Global data" in last paragraph "Don’t pretend you’re not using global data by putting all your data ...
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I'm currently reading "Code Complete" by Steve McConnell. In section 12.9 "Creating Your Own Types (Type Aliasing)", in the pre-last paragraph of "Guidelines for Creating Your ...
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I'm currently reading Code Complete by Steve McConnell. In section 12.6, Enumerated Types, he says that we can define first and last entries like limits: Define the first and last entries of an ...
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Currently reading Steve McConnell "Code complete". "General issues in using variables" chapter, "Binding time" section. He says about variable's binding time in such ...
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(For more backstory/explanation, see my previous question.) I'm a middle school student working on a very, very informal project; my problem statement is as follows: There is no way for ...
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< backstory > I grabbed a book called Code Complete at a used bookstore the other day because I heard it was a great book, and started reading it. After around 10 pages I realized that I've been ...
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In Code Complete 2nd Edition, Steve McConnell wrote the following (page 732): Techniques that make good code look good and bad code look bad are more useful than techniques that make all code ...
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In section 6.4 of Code Complete 2nd Edition there is a paragraph about hiding global data. What I am particularly interested in, is that McConnell (the author of the book) gives examples of the ...
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I am a bit confused about the nomenclature for the parts of an if statement. Consider the following example: 1: if condition then 2: statement_1; 3: else 4: statement_2; 5: end if; What ...
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In Chapter 33, Personal Character of Code Complete (Second ed.) McConnell cites some studies such as those listed below in support of the assertion that 10-1 improvement is possible from efforts in ...
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I read from the seminal Code Complete book that method statements that require to be executed in order passing parameter from one to the next is a code smell and is an example of a sequential ...
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I came across the analogy of the class being a cookie cutter and the cookies being objects while reading Code Complete. I fail to see why this analogy was drawn.How is it related to the concept of ...
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I have been reading up on the seminal and excellent book Code Complete. It discusses about the various kinds of couplings that can happen between modules(which may be classes as well as methods): ...
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In chapter 13, when talking about pointers, there is a paragraph: Sometimes, however, you would like to have the semantics of pass by reference—that is, that the passed object should not be ...
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Right now I'm reading Code Complete by Steve McConnell and in chapter 9 he talks about the Pseudo Programming Process (PPP). From what I've understood, the PPP is a way of programming in which the ...
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Code Complete states that you should aways code into a language as opposed to code in it. By that, they mean Don't limit your programming thinking only to the concepts that are supported ...
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On page 242 of Code Complete 2, Steve McConnell touts The Principle of Proximity. Put simply, Mr. McConnell advises programmers to keep related actions together. In my case, the applicable emphasis ...
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I'm pretty sure about who, but when? The one with proficient knowledge of programming and software development or the one who's just a beginner in programming? I'm pursuing bachelors right now, when ...
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I have heard a lot of people mention Code Complete as a book worthwhile reading. Unfortunately, I am so busy that I don't have time to read it, so can anyone tell me what the key points of the book ...
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