by Kent Beck
Recommended by David Heinemeier Hansson
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Programming, Technology, and Nonfiction.
This classic book is the definitive realworld style guide for better Smalltalk Programming,. This author presents a set of patterns that organize all the informal experience successful Smalltalk programmers have learned the hard way. When programmers understand these patterns, they can write much more effective code. The concept of Smalltalk patter...
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Programming, Technology, and Nonfiction.
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David Heinemeier Hansson
“Incredibly practical advice for what constitutes good OO code. It’s done in Smalltalk, but the principles are mostly universal. Probably my favorite nuts’n’bolts of Programming, design book. Very granular.”
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