Pragmatic Programmer

Andrew Hunt

Key Facts and Insights from "The Pragmatic Programmer"

  1. Pragmatic Programming: It is a mindset that advocates adaptable, practical, and sensible approaches to software development.
  2. DRY Principle: Stands for "Don't Repeat Yourself". This principle encourages programmers to avoid duplicating code and instead, reuse code through abstraction.
  3. Orthogonality: The concept of reducing dependencies among components to make changes easier.
  4. Reversibility: The ability to change decisions made during the software development process without excessive cost or effort.
  5. Prototyping: The importance of creating prototypes to understand the problem space and validate ideas before committing to a complete solution.
  6. Domain Languages: Creating a language...

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