Code Craft

In a Nutshell

Building software is like crime: It’s better when it’s organized. Every now and again, an undisciplined team will pull off something spectacular and create a software masterpiece. However, that is the exception. The development process needs to be defined and understood and carried out by team members with appropriate skills to stand a chance of working well. Otherwise, you’ll end up with software that’s criminal.

We need to use proven development processes and established design styles to allow us to build software that meets expectations against a backdrop of timescales, budgets, and changing requirements. Building software is hard—and we’ve just looked at another way to make it easier.

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