96 Rules & Guidelines for the Professional Programmer: What You'll Need to Know to Get Ahead in Programming and Life

Code Like A Pro Ever wonder what veteran programmers know that you don't? All those tips and tricks acquired over years of programming: Is there a key to success buried in there?Well, wonder no longer This book is my guide, putting together all the most useful hints I've come across in years of programming - rules, guidelines, tips, tricks, and observations - and giving you insight into what a serious programmer needs to get ahead in the software biz: -The basic software themes that come up again and again in every programming language, and that you MUST learn to code fast and get ahead.-How to view the business of coding, from playing nice with others to handling an incomplete specification to balancing requirements.-Tools every programmer needs to work faster and more efficiently, and how to use them.-How to watch over yourself - your health, your attitude - to maximum your programming value, and future earnings.-And much, much more, grouped into 96 "tips" Not just a programming