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Many programmers code by instinct, relying on convenient habits or a "style" they picked up early on. They aren`t conscious of all the choices they make, like how they format their source, the names they use for variables, or the kinds of loops they use. They`re focused entirely on problems they`re solving, solutions they`re creating, and algorithms they`re implementing. So they write code in the way that seems natural, that happens intuitively, and that feels good. But if you`re earnest about your profession, comfort isn`t enough. Perl Best Practices author Damian Conway explains that rules, conventions, standards, and practices not only help programmers communicate and coordinate with one another, they provide a uniform and predictable framework for thinking about problems, and a common language for expressing solutions. This is especially critical in Perl. The language is designed to offer many ways to accomplish the same task, and consequently it supports many incompatible dialects. With a good dose of Australian humor, Dr. Conway (familiar to many in the Perl community) offers 256 guidelines on the art of coding to help you write better Perl code-in fact, the best Perl code you possibly can. Guidelines cover code layout, naming conventions, choice of data and control structures, program decomposition, interface design and implementation, modularity, object orientation, error handling, testing, and debugging. They`re designed to work together for code that is clear, robust, efficient, maintainable, and concise, but Dr. Conway doesn`t pretend that this is the one true universal and unequivocal set of best practices. Instead, Perl Best Practices offers coherent and widely applicable practices based on real-world experience. It`s how code is actually written, rather than on someone`s ivory-tower theories on how code should be created. Most of all, Perl Best Practices offers guidelines that actually work, and that many developers around the world are already using. Much like Perl itself, these guidelines are about helping you to get your job done, without getting in the way. About the Author Dr. Damian Conway is a Senior Lecturer in Computer Science and Software Engineering at Monash University (Melbourne, Australia), where he teaches object-oriented software engineering. He is an effective teacher, an accomplished writer, and the author of several popular Perl modules. He is also a semi-regular contributor to the Perl Journal. In 1998 he was the winner of the Larry Wall Award for Practical Utility for two modules (Getopt::Declare and Lingua::EN::Inflect) and in 1999 he won his second "Larry" for his Coy.pm haiku-generation module. ISBN 9788173668289
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