TBR writes “In the real-world software maintenance is, in the vast majority of cases, an absolute pain in the butt. Poor documentation, commented code that’s more fiction than non-fiction, obscure data structures. If the code has been around you can expect multiple coding standards, different styles and special cases galore. Bitter, twisted? Yep, that’s what happens when you inherit legacy code.
In ‘Perl Medic‘ Peter J. Scott takes the reader by the hand and leads him or her through the software maintenance maze. It’s good stuff, that’s for sure, and there’s a lot here for even the most experienced coder to learn. The aims of the book are two-fold. Firstly, and most obviously, the book details a set of effective and useful techniques for maintaining legacy code. Secondly, and perhaps just as importantly, Scott expounds on programming good practice to write code that is easy to navigate, easy to understand and easy to maintain.
Read the rest of the review at TechBookReport“
Link: TechBookReport.com
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- Perl
