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The Software Engineer's Guidebook
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The Software Engineer's Guidebook

by Gergely Orosz
June 2023
Beginner
403 pages
11h 38m
English
Pragmatic Engineer BV
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CHAPTER 13

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

Software engineering starts with coding and ends with practices which guarantee the long-term maintainability and extensibility of the systems you build. In this chapter, we cover areas in which well-rounded, senior engineers are competent:

  1. Languages, platforms, and domains
  2. Debugging
  3. Tech debt
  4. Documentation
  5. Scaling best practices across a team

1. LANGUAGES, PLATFORMS, AND DOMAINS

It’s expected that a well-rounded senior engineer has a solid grasp of a few programming languages and a few platforms – platforms like frontend, backend, iOS, Android, native desktop, embedded, and so on –, and mastery of at least one. We cover more on how to master a language in Part II: ”Software Development.” ...

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