Table of Contents

ADVANCE PRAISE FOR CODE CRAFTDedicationPREFACEACKNOWLEDGMENTSABOUT THE AUTHORAT THE CODEFACE* Chapter 1: ON THE DEFENSIVE* Chapter 2: THE BEST LAID PLANS* Chapter 3: WHAT'S IN A NAME?* Chapter 4: THE WRITESTUFF* Chapter 5: A PASSING COMMENT* Chapter 6: TO ERR IS HUMANTHE SECRET LIFE OF CODE* Chapter 7: THE PROGRAMMER'S TOOLBOX* Chapter 8: TESTING TIMES* Chapter 9: FINDING FAULT* Chapter 10: THE CODE THAT JACK BUILT* Chapter 11: THE NEED FOR SPEED* Chapter 12: AN INSECURITY COMPLEXTHE SHAPE OF CODE* Chapter 13: GRAND DESIGNS* Chapter 14: SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE* Chapter 15: SOFTWARE EVOLUTION OR SOFTWARE REVOLUTION?A HERD OF PROGRAMMERS?* Chapter 16: CODE MONKEYS* Chapter 17: TOGETHER WE STAND* Chapter 18: PRACTICING SAFE SOURCEPART OF THE PROCESS* Chapter 19: BEING SPECIFIC* Chapter 20: A REVIEW TO A KILL* Chapter 21: HOW LONG IS A PIECE OF STRING?VIEW FROM THE TOP* Chapter 22: RECIPE FOR A PROGRAM* Chapter 23: THE OUTER LIMITS* Chapter 24: WHERE NEXT?* Answers and Discussion* BIBLIOGRAPHYCOLOPHON

About the Author

Pete Goodliffe is a senior software engineer, currently working on embedded systems in C++. He never stays at the same place in the software food chain; from bringing new systems up, writing device drivers, through OS implementation, audio codecs, JVM implementation, to MIDI sequencing applications. He writes a regular column for accu.org called Professionalism in Programming and has published articles on software development in Hardcopy, C/C++ Users Journal, and Dr Dobb's Journal.