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An amazing book about software construction. Although very long and slow in the middle, McConnell offers extremely valuable insights into what it means to construct professional software and gives strong themes in computer science. McConnell is a great writer, and his style is perfect in keeping the reader interested and informed. I highly recommend this book, and definitely have a notepad or highlighter ready at all times. ( )

MIA

One of the best books for programmers of all levels of experience. Even experienced programmers can benefit from it. ( )

Classic book on software development and software engineering practices and what makes software a success or an impending failure. It's a very good manual for beginners and experienced developers alike. ( )

Exhaustive review of programming techniques and tools. A must read for beginners, more experienced programmers can skip sections they are familiar with. Although they do this with the risk of missing some detail that they previously weren't aware of. ( )

I don't understand why this book has achieved such a cult following.

For the most part it states the trivial and obvious in how to write code well. Is this simply a reflection of what Malcolm and I are always talking about, that the ignorance of most programmers of the most trivial things is quite shocking? ( )

Steve McConnell is a pretty big name in the software development community, and I always enjoy his writing. This book is a collection of good programming habits, a topic which is often neglected in higher-level software engineering books. ( )

There have already been over 130 reviews on this book, what can I add?

All I can do is repeat the good reviews that have already been made. This book is wonderful! It is one of the few books that I would say are essential read for anyone who calls themself a programmer! (It would be nice if some managers would take the time to read it also)

This book is old, but yet it is not out of date! The advise it gives is timeless. Oh how much better the worlds codebases would be if more programmers were to read this book! Good job Mr. McConnell. ( )

This is stuff that needs to be ingrained in a developer's mind. Of particular interest to me since development is a second career and I'm stilling trying to be good at it. ( )