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Consumed "A Christmas Carol"

nobody@allconsuming.net (hodag1) — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:33:37 GMT

A Christmas Carol

by Charles Dickens

WORTH IT!

Consuming "Nineteen Eighty-four (Penguin Modern Classics)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (hodag1) — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:32:51 GMT

Nineteen Eighty-four (Penguin Modern Classics)

by George Orwell

Consumed "All Quiet on the Western Front"

nobody@allconsuming.net (hodag1) — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:31:01 GMT

All Quiet on the Western Front

by Erich Maria Remarque

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Consuming "Blue Mars (Mars Trilogy)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (hodag1) — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 04:10:23 GMT

Blue Mars (Mars Trilogy)

by Kim Stanley Robinson

Consumed "Rainbows End"

nobody@allconsuming.net (hodag1) — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 04:04:31 GMT

Rainbows End

by Vernor Vinge

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Consumed "A Christmas Carol"

nobody@allconsuming.net (hodag1) — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 04:13:01 GMT

A Christmas Carol

by Charles Dickens

WORTH IT!

Why I recommend "Working Effectively with Legacy Code (Robert C. Martin Series)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (hodag1) — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 04:44:32 GMT

Working Effectively with Legacy Code (Robert C. Martin Series)

by Michael Feathers

I think it a great book about how to work with old, untested, cryptic or just bad code with the goal of bring it under test. Unfortunately I think the book is two to three times longer than it needs to be. The suggestions that it makes are invaluable, but the examples start to seem repetitive. I also think it might do well to not generalize so much and take advantage of some the tools that are out there today.

In summary I think it’s essential reading if you work with legacy code, but it does lend itself to liberal skimming.