Greetings, I'm almost certain the book about refactoring code you are referring to is "Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code" by Fowler, Beck and the rest of the brain trust.
http://www.amazon.com/Refactoring-Improving-Design-Existing-Code/dp/0201485672 Great book, highly recommended. I read about the first half of it chapter by chapter and the rest of it is more reference for types of refactoring that you dive into when you need them ( Move Method, Replace Conditional with Polymorphism, etc). I recommend the actual book rather than the kindle/ebook as the code sample are formatted rather poorly in the digital version. Though quite pricey, at our Tips and Tricks meeting Julian mentioned the four book series "The Art of Computer Programming" by Knuth. http://www.amazon.com/Computer-Programming-Volumes-1-4A-Boxed/dp/0321751043 This is an epic series, very math heavy and very deep and I've been really digging it. In addition to these, I've been re-reading the perl classics and it's amazing how each time I do so I understand more and more and find myself saying "I didn't know you could do that!" Learning Perl - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1449303587 Intermediate Perl - http://www.amazon.com/Intermediate-Perl-Randal-L-Schwartz/dp/1449393098 Mastering Perl - http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Perl-brian-d-foy/dp/144939311X Best Regards, Robert Stone On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 9:32 AM, Trac Taylor via Houston <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey everyone > > I getting some funds from work for new books. I know in some of the past > meetings, we have discussed some books to read. These don't have to be > Perl books. The books do need to be about programming or somewhere along > those lines. > > Wade, I remember you telling me a book about refactoring code, which > sounded interesting but I dont remember the title/author. And Julian > talked about the algorithms book 2 months ago. > > > Thanks > Trac Taylor > > > > _______________________________________________ > Houston mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston > Website: http://houston.pm.org/ >
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