97 Things Every Programmer should know

Behind the scenes Kevlin Henney has been busy the last few month soliciting and editing contributions to a new O’Reilly web publication entitled 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know.

I’m proud to say a couple of my contributions have made it into the list:

• Check your code first before looking to blame others

and

• Two Wrongs Can Make a Right (and Are Difficult to Fix)

Other contributions are from names which will be familiar to ACCU’ers: Michael Feathers, “Uncle” Bob Martin, Pete Sommerlad, Pete Goodliffe, Klaus Marquardt, Giovanni Apsroni, Jon Jagger and of Kevlin himself. Plus there are are contributions from many others.

Just don’t ask me why it is 97 and not 98, 99 or 96 things. 97 it is.