Addison Wesley - Code
Reading: The Open Source Perspective.
19.10.2003








Code Reading: The Open Source Perspective
by Diomidis Spinellis
ISBN: 0-201-79940-5, 528
Pages,2003

This book is a unique and essential reference
that focuses upon the reading and comprehension of existing
software code. While code reading is an important task faced
by the vast majority of students, it has been virtually
ignored as a discipline by existing references. The book fills
this need with a practical presentation of all important code
concepts, form, structure, and syntax that a student is likely
to encounter. The concepts are supported by examples taken
from real-world open source software projects. The focus upon
reading code (rather than developing and implementing programs
from scratch) provides for a vastly increased breadth of
coverage.
Code-reading
requires its own set of skills, and the ability to determine
which technique you use when is crucial. In this indispensable
book, Diomidis Spinellis uses more
than 600 real-world examples to show
you how to identify good (and bad) code: how to read it, what
to look for, and how to use this knowledge to improve your own
code.



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