Code Craft

In a Nutshell

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

—Rudyard Kipling

They’re not the most glamorous part of a software developer’s life, but specifications are an important part of our code-writing routine. Learn to read and write them effectively—to record the right information in the right place, in a way that will save time and hassle later. But don’t become enslaved by a paper-chain bureaucracy.

Good programmers . . .	Bad programmers . . .
Understand the importance of specifications and use them to make their development lives easier Know the appropriate level of documentation required Want to improve their writing skills and seek reviews and chances to practice	Dive headlong into a code task without a thought for design, ...