As programmers, we've all seen source code that's so ugly and buggy it makes our brain ache. And let's be honest, we've all written code like that. With this book, you'll learn to write code that's easy to read and understand. You'll have more fun and your coworkers will love you. The Art of Coding focuses on the nuts and bolts of programming, with simple and practical techniques you can use every time you sit down to write code. You'll find tips throughout the book, with easy-to-digest code examples, helpful illustrations, and cartoons for fun. * Learn to pick variable names that are "dense with information" * Organize your loops and conditionals so they're easy to understand * Make your comments short and sweet * Recognize when your code is doing too many things at once * Write tests that are concise, but thorough * Master the art of breaking hard problems into many smaller ones

在本书中，作者回归技术层面。从Apache web server、BSD版本的Unix system、ArgoUMl、ACE网络编程库等著名开源软件中选取了大量真实C、C++和java语言源代码，直观而深刻的阐述了代码中可能存在的各种质量问题，涉及可靠性、安全性、时间性和空间性、可移植性、可维护性以及浮点运算等方面，很多内容都市独辟蹊径，发前人所未发。正因如此，本书继作者的《代码阅读》之后在获JoIt生产效率大奖