“Some of the best programming is done on paper, really. Putting it into the computer is just a minor detail.”
― Code Simplicity: The Fundamentals of Software
― Code Simplicity: The Fundamentals of Software
“Give a man a program, frustrate him for a day.
Teach a man to program, frustrate him for a lifetime.”
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Teach a man to program, frustrate him for a lifetime.”
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“Code without tests is bad code. It doesn't matter how well written it is; it doesn't matter how pretty or object-oriented or well-encapsulated it is. With tests, we can change the behavior of our code quickly and verifiably. Without them, we really don't know if our code is getting better or worse.”
― Working Effectively with Legacy Code
― Working Effectively with Legacy Code
“Generally, the craft of programming is the factoring of a set of requirements into a a set of functions and data structures.”
― JavaScript: The Good Parts
― JavaScript: The Good Parts
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