This book addresses programmer attitudes, but it’s not some kind of psychology
textbook. We’ll investigate many topics, including:
Source code presentation
Defensive coding techniques
How to debug programs effectively
Good teamworking skills
Managing your source code
Take a quick glance through the table of contents to see exactly what’s
covered. What is the rationale behind my selection of topics? I’ve been mentor-
ing trainee programmers for many years, and these are the topics that have
come up time and time again. I’ve also worked in the software factory for
long enough to have seen the recurring problems—I address these too.
If you can conquer all of these programming demons, you’ll progress
from an apprentice coder to a real code craftsman.
