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Implementation Patterns Export

by: Kent Beck
(26 October 2007)

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<P style="MARGIN: 0px">Great code doesn't just function: It clearly and consistently communicates your intentions, allowing other programmers to understand your code, rely on it, and modify it with confidence. But great code doesn't just happen. It is the outcome of hundreds of small but critical decisions programmers make every single day. Now, legendary software innovator Kent Beck--known worldwide for creating Extreme Programming and pioneering software patterns and test-driven development--focuses on these critical decisions, unearthing powerful “implementation patterns” for writing programs that are simpler, clearer, better organized, and more cost-effective. </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">Beck identifies 77 new patterns for handling everyday programming tasks and writing more readable code. These new patterns address many areas of development, including class, state, behavior, method, collections, frameworks, and more. You’ll find better solutions for handling everything from naming variables to checking exceptions. He uses diagrams, stories, examples, and essays to present each pattern in the most illuminating way possible. </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">The book covers</P> <UL> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">The value of communicating through code, and the philosophy behind patterns</DIV> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">How and when to create classes, and how classes encode logic</DIV> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Best practices for storing and retrieving state</DIV> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Behavior: Patterns for representing logic, including alternative paths</DIV> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Writing, naming, and decomposing methods</DIV> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Choosing and using collections</DIV> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Implementation pattern variations for use in building frameworks</DIV></LI></UL> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><B><I>Implementation Patterns</I></B> will help programmers at all experience levels, especially those who have benefited from software patterns or agile methods. It will also be an indispensable resource for development teams seeking to work together more efficiently and build more maintainable software. No other software engineering book will touch your day-to-day work more often, and no other book will prove more useful.</P>


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