The Pragmatic Programmer

IfSQ

Research into the Maintenance of Software

Papers, Presentations and Books

Book: Cover of The Pragmatic Programmer

The Pragmatic Programmer

Andrew Hunt, and David Thomas
Published 2000 by Addison Wesley

Finding relevant to IfSQ Standards:

The DRY principle: Don't Repeat Yourself

IfSQ Defect Indicators:

SPM-1—Magic Numbers
Numeric literals (other than 0 or 1) have been hard-coded into the body of a program.