Tidy First?: A Personal Exercise in Empirical Software Design

Review: ★★★★★

Kent Beck explores the practice of making small, structural improvements to code – tidyings – before, after, or instead of making behavioral changes, and the economic reasoning behind each choice. The first book in a planned series on software design, it connects everyday coding decisions to deeper principles of coupling, cohesion, and optionality. A concise and thought-provoking read that reframes code cleanup as an empirical, value-driven activity.

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Cover of Tidy First?: A Personal Exercise in Empirical Software Design by Beck, Kent

Author: Beck, Kent

Started On: Aug 15, 2023

Completed On: Jan 08, 2024

Pages: 99

ISBN: 1098151240

ISBN13: 1098151240