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Clean Code

Robert C. Martin

Summary

Key Facts and Insights from the Book

  1. Writing clean code is an essential part of software development, not a luxury.
  2. The book provides principles, patterns, and practices for writing clean code.
  3. Each chapter covers a different aspect of 'clean code’, ranging from meaningful names and functions to error handling and unit tests.
  4. The book emphasizes the need to write code for humans, not just for machines.
  5. The importance of refactoring code to improve its readability and maintainability is extensively discussed.
  6. Code should be simple, expressive, and elegant—attributes that make it easier to read, understand, and modify.
  7. Good software design...

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