Writing Solid Code

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A Sampling of Magazine Reviews for the 1st Edition

stormdev — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 21:02:22 +0000

HERE’S WHAT THE MAGAZINE CRITICS HAVE SAID about the the first edition of the bestselling book, Writing Solid Code, winner of a Software Development Jolt Productivity Award and of awards from the Society for Technical Communications:

The reviews…

Writing Solid Code is superbly written and offers a variety of sound practical coding guidelines at a level suitable for professional programmers. The author’s experience, coupled with an obvious enthusiasm for the subject, has resulted in a book which is both informative and easy to read… You’ll find historical notes about the development of programs such as Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word… You do not, incidentally, need to be an MS-DOS, Windows, or Apple Mac programmer to appreciate the wisdom in this book or to follow the code… An excellent book and one of those relatively rare offerings that all professional programmers would do well to read.

— Paul Overaa, Computing

Maguire’s writing style is fluid and clear, and the content is intended to provoke both thought and action (namely, changes in your bad habits).

— Ray Valdés, Dr. Dobb’s Journal

This unique volume gathers a wealth of coding wisdom developed over years of project development. These aren’t coding techniques so much as coding and testing philosophies—mindsets that help programmers produce better code with fewer bugs in less time than their competitors.

— Jeff Duntemann, PC Techniques

If you are serious about developing code, read this book. Consider it carefully. Reject it if you will, but I think you would be foolish to do so. This is easily my ‘Book of the Year.’

— C Vu

Insights from Writing Solid Code's Readers

stormdev — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 19:32:44 +0000

Check back regularly as I share insights from readers of Writing Solid Code. The beauty of the Internet is that we can collectively learn new techniques and philosophies for writing rock-solid, bug-free code.

Facebook called wanting 80 copies of Writing Solid Code

stormdev — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 19:42:47 +0000

Facebook—the company—called wanting to buy 80 copies of Writing Solid Code. No problem! If your company wants to purchase the book at a volume discount, simply contact the publisher, Greyden Press, directly at their toll-free number: 1-855-GREYDEN.

The 20th Anniversary Edition is now Available!

stormdev — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 19:36:37 +0000

It’s hard to believe it’s been twenty years since the original publication of Writing Solid Code. This new 20th Anniversary edition updates portions of the book that are no longer relevant to coding practices today, and the book is much less C-specific, even though all coding examples are still demonstrating in C. No matter what language you program in, whether it’s C, C#, Java, Perl, PHP, and so on, the concepts and philosophies presented in the book can help you and your team write rock-solid, bug-free code. Enjoy the new edition!