Code Complete - Steve McConnell

Overall

‘Code Complete’ is the very first book I’ve read about software engineering topic. This is a huge book of 900 pages!. From the 35 chapters, the most meaningful point I’ve discovered is the analogy between software engineering and construction engineering, where a piece of useful software is generated much of the same way as a physical building is completed.

Plan, Design, Implementation, Monitoring, Testing, Delivery. Although software is most of a creative product, it still needs a good amount of tedious routine work to become a useful product. Much like a modern skyscraper, maintenance is a major part of software cost and must be considered at the very first step of software planning and requirement specification.

Verdict

Although new organization ideas are getting invented all the time, ‘Code complete’ is a must-read classics. It also has huge influence in academia as well, recommended to any software professional.