[ale] [OT]: Programming Best Practices

[Mike Lockhart]

Thanks guys.  A friend of mine also recommended "The Art of Computer
Science" by Donald Knuth.  From what I've been able to find on it, it's
a pretty high powered set of books.  Is this somthing I'd be better off
waiting to get my hand on untill I get a lot better at coding? (if
anyone here has used/read these books)

Additionally, I just got my hands on "The C Programming Language" by
Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie (ISBN: 0-13-110362-8) from a guy here
at work who had an extra copy.  Any other C book recommendations?

Sorry for all the questions, I've been programming for a while, but just
winging it, I'd like to start writing good, solid, clean, and portable
code.

On Tue, 2002-09-17 at 14:02, Michael Hirsch wrote:
> On Tue, 2002-09-17 at 14:46, Dennany, Jerome {D177~Roswell} wrote:
> > My $.02 :
> > 
> > You could try "Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction"
> > by Steve McConnell. ISBN 1556154844
> > It was written in 1993, so it's a bit dated, but still an outstanding
> > reference.  I really think this book is a 'must read'.
> > 
> > Also good by McConnell: Rapid Development.  
> > This is more related to project management, but it's really a good
> > collection of 'uncommonly common-sense'. 
> 
> Darn!  You took the words right out of my mouth.  Reading "Code
> Complete" will improve your coding in any language, and "Rapid
> Development" should be read before (or during) any development project.
> 
> Michael
> 
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