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Five Lines of Code
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Five Lines of Code

by Christian Clausen
October 2021
Intermediate to advanced
336 pages
9h 16m
English
Manning Publications
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foreword

Have you ever read a book on software and thought that the author was talking over your head? Did the book use unfamiliar vocabulary and overly complex concepts to make its points? Did it make you feel as though it was written for some elite inner circle of know-it-alls that didn’t include you?

This is not that book. This book is down to earth, focused, and right on point.

Neither is this book a primer. It doesn’t start at the atom and bore you with the basics of programming and languages. It doesn’t try to coddle you and keep you safe. I guarantee that this book will challenge you. But it will challenge you without intimidating you and without insulting your intelligence.

Refactoring is the discipline of transforming bad ...

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