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Kindle edition of Effective Programming by Jeff Atwood (Coding Horror) for $0.00

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Re: Kindle edition of Effective Programming by Jeff Atwood (Coding Horror) for $0.00

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Post by xsmasher »

yuhong wrote: post #33
ta12121 wrote: post #29

You mean the guy who thinks you should email yourself your passwords to store them safely?

The funny thing is that many sites does password reset via email anyway.

Most passwords resets do not mail you the password; they usually mail you a unique URL which you can use to reset the password, which often generates a second mail telling you the password was changed.

That prevents anyone from "sneaking" into your account, even if the can snoop your mail / copy your inbox. You'll see the intrusion, and you'll be unable to log into the service after the password is changed.

Storing the password in plain-text in your inbox has none of that protection.

Re: Kindle edition of Effective Programming by Jeff Atwood (Coding Horror) for $0.00

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Post by dmcg »

menacingly wrote: post #19
jiggy2011 wrote: post #15

This seems to basically be a bunch of Jeff's blog posts in book form. Some of it is interesting to facilitate discussions but how much more "effective" a programmer it will make you seems pretty dubious. I would recommend reading the book "code complete" for more specific tips about thinking about the code you write.

I second the recommendation for Code Complete. If you're looking for tactical construction advice, better to take it from someone with an established history of having constructed software.

StackOverflow is constructed software. I don't agree with much of Geoff's writings, but I do admire his output.

Re: Kindle edition of Effective Programming by Jeff Atwood (Coding Horror) for $0.00

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Post by ralph »

menacingly wrote: post #19
jiggy2011 wrote: post #15

This seems to basically be a bunch of Jeff's blog posts in book form. Some of it is interesting to facilitate discussions but how much more "effective" a programmer it will make you seems pretty dubious. I would recommend reading the book "code complete" for more specific tips about thinking about the code you write.

I second the recommendation for Code Complete. If you're looking for tactical construction advice, better to take it from someone with an established history of having constructed software.

I too would favour Steve McConnell's _Code Complete_ over Jeff's blog-post collection but having read the book when it came out, i.e. not recently, I wasn't too keen overall, perhaps it was McConnell's Microsoft background.

My preference is Kernighan and Pike's _The Practice of Programming_, TPoP, that's Kernighan as in the `k' in awk and K&R, and Pike as in Blit, sam, and now #golang. The book's home page has a sample chapter and a war story that didn't make it into the book. http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/020161586X/mqq-20 http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/tpop/

Re: Kindle edition of Effective Programming by Jeff Atwood (Coding Horror) for $0.00

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Post by amitdugar »

webmanoffesto wrote: post #44

It says $6.60 when I check the page. Because I'm browsing from outside the US? http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008HUMTO0/ref=as_li_ss_tl?...

I think the offer is closed. I was able to download the free copy from outside US. Maybe just a 24 hour offer.
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