Robert C. Martin

Topics: programming, software design, software engineering, simplicity

• It is not the language that makes programs appear simple. It is the programmer that make the language appear simple!

  — Robert C. Martin

• So if you want to go fast, if you want to get done quickly, if you want your code to be easy to write, make it easy to read.

  — Robert C. Martin

• You should name a variable using the same care with which you name a first-born child.

  — Robert C. Martin

• Creative output depends on creative input

  — Robert C. Martin

• Don't write code when you are tired.

  — Robert C. Martin

• Functions should do one thing. They should do it well. They should do it only.

  — Robert C. Martin

• It is not enough for code to work.

  — Robert C. Martin

• Writing clean code is what you must do in order to call yourself a professional. There is no reasonable excuse for doing anything less than your best.

  — Robert C. Martin

• Truth can only be found in one place: the code.

  — Robert C. Martin

• A long descriptive name is better than a short enigmatic name. A long descriptive name is better than a long descriptive comment.

  — Robert C. Martin

• Indeed, the ratio of time spent reading versus writing is well over 10 to 1. We are constantly reading old code as part of the effort to write new code. ...[Therefore,] making it easy to read makes it easier to write.

  — Robert C. Martin