[thelist] {server side] programming practices resources

[David.Cantrell at Gunter.AF.mil]

>I am managing to move from procedural code to function based coding and
>looking more at object-oriented coding for web based applications.
>Does anyone know of any good resources (be they sites or books or
>whatever) that help gumbies like me learn effective practices with
>respect to OOP and function based programming? (Particular technologies
>are not important, just practices such as planning, code layout,
>modularisation etc.)

If you're interested in code layout, I *strongly* recommend picking up a
copy of Code Complete by Steve McConnell. The book covers pros and cons of
various coding styles, method signature formats, commenting styles, and
pretty much everything else you can imagine dealing with in a daily coding
session. It's has examples in VB, C++, and Pascal and maybe a couple of
other languages. But the point is not understanding what the code is doing,
but rather understanding the way it is written for maximum communication
between the coder who wrote it and those who will have to read it later.


http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=2UKBZHPP2
I&isbn=1556154844&itm=1

-dave