Clean Craftsmanship by Robert C. Martin

Disciplines, Standards, and Ethics

July 11, 2022 3 min read 380 pages clean-code tdd refactoring testing xp

Robert C. Martin covers the three pillars of software craftsmanship: TDD disciplines with practical examples, professional standards for teams, and the ethical responsibilities of programmers.

The book is divided into three parts: the disciplines, the standards, and the ethics.

The 1st part is the most technical one. It guides you with TDD examples, showing how testing can help you to design your code.

The 2nd part is about productivity, quality, and courage.

The 3rd part is about how did we get here in terms of people who develop software, and our responsibility within our ethics about do no harm, integrity, and teamwork.

One of my favourite parts from the book:

Our software industry is wildly dynamic and changing; therefore, we must all be continuously aggressive learners.

How and when do you do this learning? If your employer provides you the time and space to do this kind of learning, then take as much advantage of it as you can. If your employer is not helpful, then you’ll have to learn on your own time.

Be prepared to spend several hours per month on it. Make sure you have the personal time set aside for it.

Yes, I know you have family obligations, bills to pay, planes to catch, and you’ve got a life. Okay, but you also have a profession. And professions need care and maintenance. I expect us all to be continuous aggressive learners.

Chapter 11. Courage - Continuous Aggressive Learning

Index

Part I: The Disciplines

Chapter 1. Craftsmanship

Extreme Programming
Test-Driven Development
Refactoring
Simple Design
Collaborative Programming
Acceptance Tests

Chapter 2. Test-Driven Development

Overview
The Basics

Chapter 3. Advanced TDD

Getting Stuck
Arrange, Act, Assert
Test Doubles
Architecture

Chapter 4. Test Design

Testing Databases
Testing GUIs
Test Patterns
Test-Specific Subclass
Humble Object
Test Design
Breaking the Correspondence

Chapter 5. Refactoring

What Is Refactoring?
The Basic Toolkit
Extract Method
The Disciplines

Chapter 6. Simple Design

YAGNI
Covered by Tests
Coverage
Design?
Maximize Expression
The Underlying Abstraction
Minimize Duplication
Minimize Size

Chapter 7. Collaborative Programming

Chapter 8. Acceptance Tests

The Discipline
The Continuous Build

Part II: The Standards

Chapter 9. Productivity

We Will Never Ship S**T
Inexpensive Adaptability
We Will Always Be Ready
Stable Productivity

Chapter 10. Quality

Continuous Improvement
Fearless Competence
Extreme Quality
We Will Not Dump on QA
QA Will Find Nothing
Test Automation
Automated Testing and User Interfaces
Testing the User Interface

Chapter 11. Courage

We Cover for Each Other
Honest Estimates
You Must Say NO
Continuous Aggressive Learning
Mentoring

Part III: The Ethics

The First Programmer
Seventy-Five Years
Nerds and Saviors
Role Models and Villains
We Rule the World
Catastrophes
The Oath

Chapter 12. Harm

First, Do No Harm
Best Work
Repeatable Proof

Chapter 13. Integrity

Small Cycles
Relentless Improvement
Maintain High Productivity

Chapter 14. Teamwork

Work as a Team
Estimate Honestly and Fairly
Respect
Never Stop Learning

I found this chat in YouTube where Uncle Bob talks about most of the topics form his book Clean Craftsmanship.

Listen out for:
* Quote & Intro - [00:00:00]
* Career Journey - [00:07:29]
* Clean Craftsmanship - [00:10:53]
* Programmer as a Profession - [00:15:31]
* Craftsmanship - [00:18:45]
* Disciplines - [00:22:45]
* Disciplines: Test-Driven Development - [00:28:49]
* Disciplines: Refactoring - [00:34:31]
* Code Coverage - [00:39:02]
* Standard: Never Ship S**t - [00:42:35]
* Standard: Always Be Ready - [00:47:15]
* Ethics: Do No Harm - [00:50:00]
* Ethics: Estimate Honestly - [00:53:56]
* 2 Tech Lead Wisdom - [00:57:50]