The Art of Code: The surprising power of beauty in software development

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Software development is an inherently creative activity, and yet we regularly reduce it to the formulaic or mechanical. This book reveals how aesthetics can be important in programming and why elegant code often yields profound practical benefits. By prioritizing code beauty you raise the standards of your entire codebase. You make it easier to maintain, extend, and onboard developers, even (or especially) when you're doing age...