Book Review: Beautiful Code

Beautiful Code Beautiful Code

My appreciation of Beautiful Code is like the one I have for the Justice League or the X-Men– a band of exceptional individuals moving towards a common, altruistic end. (Proceeds of the the book will go to Amnesty International. ) This compendium of insightful essays and articles is edited by Andy Oram and Greg Wilson.

The talent of the contributors is undeniable and the text reminds me of the Algorithms class I took in college. The book relates how various software design architects and experts attack and solve problems while maintaining the elegance of the implementation. The range of topics include Perl, Haskell, Python and Ruby. This should give the enthusiastic developer a fresh and broad perspective on software. I have to  mention that the book is developer oriented, so expect a lot of code and text intertwined.

They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder. The book hopefully will be able to give you a new way to look at software.

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  • aeireck
    That book is very useful especially for those number related subjects. It can be a very big help. But for me, I guess I will get crazy if I will read that book. I'm not just really good in numbers.

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  • daleclara
    Web design
    If you have decided that you need a good website for your business,the next step is to decide who should create it.This decision is one that needs a lot of attention because if on the one hand, a well-organized and attractive web design can help you tremendously in making more money; on the other hand,a poorly designed website can cost you money, drive away customers, and can hurt your company reputation.
  • I'm think this codes are necessary usually for web design, I want to figure this out. And hoping more information on it.
  • Ouch! This is too much code for my brain...
  • Too much code? LOL!!!! this book can be very beneficial
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Regnard Raquedan

Regnard Raquedan: I'm a web & usability consultant from the Philippines. I help companies build their websites, make their sites easy to use, and ensure they reach their intended audience online via internet marketing.