Robert C. Martin
8 books
guides
What they argue
Robert C. Martin is a software engineering thinker who treats software development as a professional craft rather than just a technical skill. He works in the territory of software architecture, engineering disciplines, and the human dynamics of Agile development.
Agile as a Technical Discipline
Agile success is predicated on the marriage of soft human dynamics like communication and trust with hard engineering disciplines. The values of the Agile Manifesto are only achievable if the team possesses strong underlying engineering practices.
From Agile Software Development, Principles, Patterns, and Practices (book)
The Dependency Rule
Source code dependencies can only point inwards toward the core business logic to prevent 'Leaky Abstractions.' This ensures that the business rules are isolated from the infrastructure tools used to run the software.
From Clean Architecture (book)
Code as Communication
Because software is read far more often than it is written, the primary user of code is the human reader. Clean code is about making the next human understand your intent without having to decipher your logic.
From Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship (book)
The Craft of Software
Software development is a trade involving skills, tools, and a standard of excellence. This perspective shifts the identity of the developer from a 'coder' to a practitioner of a craft.
From Clean Craftsmanship (book)
Primacy of Automated Testing
Writing tests as a prerequisite for production code (TDD) provides a necessary safety net for development. Without this, developers lack the security to make changes to the codebase.
From Agile Software Development, Principles, Patterns, and Practices (book)
Meaningful Names
The name of a variable, function, or class should reveal its intent, purpose, and scope. Developers should avoid generic names and abbreviations that require a mental lookup table.
From Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship (book)
Every idea names the summary it came from. Written by a local model from this mind’s own work, never from memory.
Books 5
- Clean Craftsmanship — Software craftsmanship is a professional discipline where the primary goal is to write code that is easy to read,…
- Clean Agile — Agile is not a set of rules to be followed blindly, but a set of principles designed to empower individuals to make…
- Agile Software Development, Principles, Patterns, and Practices — Agile is not a set of rituals but a disciplined engineering methodology rooted in technical excellence, continuous…
- Clean Architecture — Software architecture should be designed to protect the core business logic from the volatile details of external…
- Clean Code A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship — Software is a medium of communication; therefore, code must be written for human readability first, treating 'clean'…