"This book focuses on teaching how to program the right way. Too many software developers settle into bad habits and never reach their potential. This is often because they were never taught good practices, or due to focusing on the short term---today's deadline, this week's deadline, this month's deadline---at the expense of the long term health of their programs. Learning the syntax is easy. Learning how to write good code takes time and effort. While learning Java, the reader will learn principles and techniques that are ...
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"This book focuses on teaching how to program the right way. Too many software developers settle into bad habits and never reach their potential. This is often because they were never taught good practices, or due to focusing on the short term---today's deadline, this week's deadline, this month's deadline---at the expense of the long term health of their programs. Learning the syntax is easy. Learning how to write good code takes time and effort. While learning Java, the reader will learn principles and techniques that are presented in the context of realistic examples, with minimal jargon and constant reinforcement so that they are internalized and become habits. The techniques presented apply to any computer language, and have stood the test of time---techniques such as taking the extra time to simplify your code, starting your testing as soon as you can, and avoiding repeated code. Using a tutorial style and a steady progression from basic to advanced, the book allows the reader to follow along and try each example for him- or herself. The reader learns by doing"--
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