One of the most important elements of a software engineer’s personal development is reading. In a field so vast, and so varied, constant reading is important both for building foundational knowledge and exploring branch knowledge. And as in any profession where the written word plays a large role, software has it’s 'must read' books. One of those, is Clean Code, by Robert C. Martin.

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If you’ve been around software for a while, then you’ve almost certainly heard of the SOLID principles. In short, these are a set of principles intended to help developers write clean, well-structured, and easily-maintainable code. In software, as in any intellectual and creative endeavor, there is quite a bit of debate about the “right” way to do things. Different practitioners have different ideas about what is “right”, depending on their individual experiences and inclinations.

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