Sunday, June 13, 2004 7:28 PM jerdenn

Code Complete, 2nd Edition

I'm getting a bit tired of people recommending McConnell's Code Complete, 2nd Edition.  The book isn't even released yet!  No one that I know has read it, so why is everyone recommending it?  I recently read one post that went so far as to claim that it should be on every developers bookshelf.  Now that would be a neat trick!

Now, I recently re-read the first edition, and while McConnell's main points still hold true, many of his examples are rather dated.  That's to be expected with a text of this age, and it is time for an update.  Let's withhold the irrational exuberance until we can actually read it, eh?

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# re: Code Complete, 2nd Edition

Sunday, June 13, 2004 8:15 PM by Scott Galloway

A draft version of this book was up for a while on Steve McConell's website (http://www.stevemcconnell.com/cc2/cc.htm)- I haven't read the *final* version but I still recommend the book (oh, and there are review copies doing the rounds...)

# re: Code Complete, 2nd Edition

Monday, June 14, 2004 12:57 PM by Jerry Dennany

Scott -

I'll grant your point, but it's still over the top to claim that this should be on everyone's bookshelf...

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