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summary	Empathy is essential for writing great code. Five books can help you develop software craftsmanship by fostering empathy towards users and other developers. These resources will guide you in understanding others' perspectives, enhancing collaboration skills with colleagues who are not part of your team (such as designers), improving communication techniques to articulate ideas effectively while avoiding misunderstandings that could lead to errors or flawed implementations. The first book is "Software Engineering: A Practitioner's Approach" by Roger S. Pressman and Bruce R. Maxim which helps you understand what software engineering entails, the mindset needed for it along with its history; this understanding will give an idea of how a professional approaches problems rather than just relying on personal interests or knowledge about specific technologies. The second book "Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction" by Steve McConnell introduces 64 coding rules that need to be followed while writing software. The author emphasizes the importance of following standards and best practices, as well as focusing more towards problem-solving rather than just learning a new language or technology for its own sake. The third book "Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code" by Martin Fowler is an excellent resource because it helps you understand what refactoring means along with strategies to improve existing code. The author also provides examples that are easy-to-understand and practical, even though they might be complex concepts in their original form like polymorphism which many programmers struggle implementing correctly. The fourth book "Working Effectively With Legacy Code" by Michael Feathers is dedicated towards reading through a legacy system with the mindset of identifying its issues. This will help you understand what to look for while debugging and how best practices can change over time depending upon circumstances that may not have been considered during initial planning or design. The last book "Clean Agile: A Pragmatic Approach" by Robert C. Martin focuses on writing clean code which is a concept of ensuring the quality, maintainability, readability as well efficiency when developing software applications in an agile environment using test-driven development (TDD). This approach not only makes your job easier for you but also ensures that there are no mistakes left unnoticed later. In conclusion these books will help anyone aspiring to become better at programming or improving their existing knowledge while highlighting the importance of empathy, understanding others' perspectives as well following best practices when creating software applications.
title	Exploring Existence \| Essays on programming, thought, reading, writing and anything else brightening my existence.
description	Essays on programming, thought, reading, writing and anything else brightening my existence.
keywords	test, writing, code, last, design, review, existence, coding, implementations, simple, tests, interfaces, reasons, software, programming, domain, back
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created	2025-08-31
updated	2025-08-31
summarized	2025-09-02

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