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Tidy First?: A Personal Exercise in Empirical Software Design

Tidy First?: A Personal Exercise in Empirical Software Design

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  • Create Date：2023-11-22 05:21:28
  • Update Date：2025-09-09
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  • Author：Kent Beck
  • ISBN：1098151240
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Reviews

Luca Grulla ，

The book seems to be a combination of two separate papers。 The first half of the book covers basic code cleaning patterns， which may not be of much use to experienced software engineers。 However， the second half of the book is much more interesting， providing an insightful analysis on the cost and benefits of keeping codebases clean and organized， and how it relates to coupling and cohesion。Although the author does provide some interesting ideas in this section， the book falls short of providing The book seems to be a combination of two separate papers。 The first half of the book covers basic code cleaning patterns， which may not be of much use to experienced software engineers。 However， the second half of the book is much more interesting， providing an insightful analysis on the cost and benefits of keeping codebases clean and organized， and how it relates to coupling and cohesion。Although the author does provide some interesting ideas in this section， the book falls short of providing a breakthrough in the relationship between codebase quality， cost of change， and value of future opportunities。 。。。more

Omelian Levkovych ，

excellent

Tomas Janousek ，

Good stuff。 Short sentences， short （usually just one or two pages） chapters。 To the point。 Mostly common sense （at least to me）， but will be useful when arguing with other people who don't "get it"。 Good stuff。 Short sentences， short （usually just one or two pages） chapters。 To the point。 Mostly common sense （at least to me）， but will be useful when arguing with other people who don't "get it"。 。。。more

Osvaldo Santana Neto ，

Messy code is a nuisance。 Tidying code， to make it more readable， requires breaking it up into manageable sections。 In this practical guide， author Kent Beck， creator of Extreme Programming and pioneer of software patterns， suggests when and where you might apply tidyings to improve your code while keeping the overall structure of the system in mind。

Wilson Gov ，

A tiny book that outlines the idea of tidying code， tidying defined as "Tidyings are a subset of refactorings。 Tidyings are the cute， fuzzy little refactorings that nobody could possibly hate on。"。The author offers several examples of different types of tidyings and later on dives in the When， How much and Why to tidy？It's a must read for any software engineer who believes writing code is a way of self-expression towards others。 A tiny book that outlines the idea of tidying code， tidying defined as "Tidyings are a subset of refactorings。 Tidyings are the cute， fuzzy little refactorings that nobody could possibly hate on。"。The author offers several examples of different types of tidyings and later on dives in the When， How much and Why to tidy？It's a must read for any software engineer who believes writing code is a way of self-expression towards others。 。。。more

Matheus Marabesi ，

This books has a lot to say not only on software design， but also on programmer behaviors。 As expected Kent Beck advocates for programmers and in this piece he tries as much as possible to close this relationship with all of us。Luckily enough with lots of insights he won the battle between software design and programming。 Some would say that there is no different some will agree with that。The book starts with the tydings which are a decent of refactoring but with a focused area and not that much This books has a lot to say not only on software design， but also on programmer behaviors。 As expected Kent Beck advocates for programmers and in this piece he tries as much as possible to close this relationship with all of us。Luckily enough with lots of insights he won the battle between software design and programming。 Some would say that there is no different some will agree with that。The book starts with the tydings which are a decent of refactoring but with a focused area and not that much of showing concrete code， the key is to understand the concept。In the second part Beck goes towards a more professional point of view talking about managing the tydings， the chapters in this section provides tips on how to go to start， and keep tyding the code base。 Many of us （programmers） usually get lots of changes and forget about the focus of why we are tyding things， this part is to help programmers to avoid this situation。The last part of the book is the economical part and the theory behind tydings。 The approach followed and the analogies goes from defining what design in the context of software is and moving on to the economical part and why it is important。 。。。more