Anyone who develops software for a living needs a proven way to produce it better, faster, and cheaper. The Productive Programmer offers critical timesaving and productivity tools that you can adopt right away, no matter what platform you use. Master developer Neal Ford not only offers advice on the mechanics of productivity-how to work smarter, spurn interruptions, get the mos...
Anyone who develops software for a living needs a proven way to produce it better, faster, and cheaper. The Productive Programmer offers critical timesaving and productivity tools that you can adopt right away, no matter what platform you use. Master developer Neal Ford not only offers advice on the mechanics of productivity-how to work smarter, spurn interruptions, get the most out your computer, and avoid repetition-he also details valuable practices that will help you elude common traps, improve your code, and become more valuable to your team. You'll learn to:
* Write the test before you write the code
* Manage the lifecycle of your objects fastidiously
* Build only what you need now, not what you might need later
* Apply ancient philosophies to software development
* Question authority, rather than blindly adhere to standards
* Make hard things easier and impossible things possible through meta-programming
* Be sure all code within a method is at the same level of abstraction
* Pick the right editor and assemble the best tools for the job
This isn't theory, but the fruits of Ford's real-world experience as an Application Architect at the global IT consultancy ThoughtWorks. Whether you're a beginner or a pro with years of experience, you'll improve your work and your career with the simple and straightforward principles in The Productive Programmer.
Neal Ford is an Application Architect at ThoughtWorks, a global IT consultancy with an exclusive focus on end-to-end software development and delivery. Before joining ThoughtWorks, Neal was the Chief Technology Officer at The DSW Group, Ltd., a nationally recognized training and development firm. Neal has a degree in Computer Science from Georgia State University specializing i...
Neal Ford is an Application Architect at ThoughtWorks, a global IT consultancy with an exclusive focus on end-to-end software development and delivery. Before joining ThoughtWorks, Neal was the Chief Technology Officer at The DSW Group, Ltd., a nationally recognized training and development firm. Neal has a degree in Computer Science from Georgia State University specializing in languages and compilers and a minor in mathematics specializing in statistical analysis. He is also the designer and developer of applications, instructional materials, magazine articles, video presentations, and author of the books Developing with Delphi: Object-Oriented Techniques (Prentice-Hall, 1996), JBuilder 3 Unleashed (Sams, 1999) (as the lead author), Art of Java Web Development (Manning, 2003), and No Fluff, Just Stuff Anthology: The 2006 Edition (editor and contributor). His language proficiencies include Java, C#/.NET, Ruby, Object Pascal, C++, and C. His primary consulting focus is the design and construction of large-scale enterprise applications. Neal has taught on-site classes nationally and internationally to all phases of the military and to many Fortune 500 companies. He is also an internationally acclaimed speaker, having spoken at numerous developer conferences worldwide.If you have an insatiable curiosity about Neal, visit his web site at http://www.nealford.com. He welcomes feedback and can be reached at nford@thoughtworks.com.
"The individual productivity of programmers varies widely in our industry. The short answer concerns mastery of the tools developers have at their disposal. The long answer is about the real awareness of the tools’ capabilities and mastery of the thought process for using them. The truth lies somewhere between a methodology and a philosophy, and that is what Neal captures in this book."
Chapter 2 Acceleration
*Launching Pad
*Using typing more than mouse
*Macro Recorder: This one is quite useful, for the tool of AutoHotKey.
Chaper3 Focus
*Multiply your monitors
*Virtual Desktops
4 Automation
*Cache Stuff locally
*Automate your interaction with Web, windows
*Don't shave Yaks
5 Canonicality
*Don't Repeat yourself in code, document.
6 Test Driven Design
//Force you to think all the thin... (查看原文)
1 Chapter 2 The less you interact with your computer, the faster you can go. luanching applications more quickly finding files faster using the mouse less. Concentrate on essence, not ceremony. The usefulness of an application list ...
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0 有用 安德鲁 2008-10-30 23:11:29
好书,强烈推荐!
0 有用 Alex 2009-12-31 08:01:45
电子版,翻阅
0 有用 kyle 2009-09-02 12:03:16
作者主要是java和ruby背景。ruby相关内容还能看点,第二部分java多的内容就看不下去了。
0 有用 寒月明城羡鸳鸯 2009-12-01 09:53:52
gigix说要看
0 有用 khotyn 2010-07-06 22:36:28
第一部分的作用感觉比第二部分的作用大。