I wanted to do some on-screen time (which I’ve been bad about for far too long) so yesterday I pulled down a book I’ve had for years but barely cracked. “Clean Code” by Robert C. Martin is usually wedged between Software Requirements fro.Microsfot Press and Extreme Programming Explained, and under Secure Coding. I don’t really read many technical books: I prefer a good reference book like the old Java in a Nutshell books. So we will see what I get out of this run.

Early impressions are that this seems like a thick book for some simple concepts. The first chapter is a lot of quotes and stories to motivate and give the reader a desire to read the book, but I just skimmed it, as I think most people who would read the book would have already seen bad code and know the need for clean code.