Chapter 4. Source Code Management
I'm not a great programmer, I'm just a good programmer with great habits.
—Kent Beck[1]
[1] Fowler, Martin. Refactoring:Improving the Design of Existing Code. Reading, MA:Addison-Wesley, 1999. Page 57.
I've placed this chapter as early as I have in the book because I think it's crucial to adopt good source code management habits if you're going to develop robust code for complex projects. Successfully building a sophisticated system with faulty code management practices in place is about as likely as building a space ship in a junkyard: Although it's theoretically possible, it's not very likely (Andy Griffith's Salvage I notwithstanding).
There's a tendency among Transact-SQL developers, especially inexperienced ...
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