Five Lines of Code • Christian Clausen & Kevlin Henney • GOTO 2023

This interview was recorded for the GOTO Book Club. #GOTOcon #GOTObookclub Read the full transcription of the interview here: Christian Clausen - Author of “Five Lines of Code“ & CEO & Founder of Mistware @thedrlambda8148 Kevlin Henney - Consultant, Programmer, Keynote Speaker, Technologist, Trainer & Writer @KevlinHenney RESOURCES Get 35% discount on all Manning products with code: *ytGOTO35* Christian Kevlin DESCRIPTION Five Lines of Code is a fresh look at refactoring for developers of all skill levels. In it, you’ll master author Christian Clausen’s innovative approach, learning concrete rules to get any method down to five lines—or less! You’ll learn when to refactor, specific refactoring patterns that apply to most common problems, and characteristics of code that should be deleted altogether. You will learn: • The signs of bad code • Improving code safely, even when you don’t understand it • Balancing optimization and code generality • Proper compiler practices • The Extract method, Introducing Strategy pattern, and many other refactoring patterns • Writing stable code that enables change-by-addition • Writing code that needs no comments • Real-world practices for great refactoring * Book description: © Manning: The interview is based on the book “Five Lines of Code“: TIMECODES 00:00 Intro 01:17 From teenage programmer to agile guru 04:14 Unleashing the power of small 07:50 The power of effective programming 10:08 The pitfalls of automation 13:05 Strategic copying: Maximizing codebase agility 16:56 The art of doing one thing at a time 22:17 Is automating refactoring a mistake? 32:38 Communication is hard, do it more often 35:07 Overcoming barriers in software development 39:08 TypeScript, getters & setters, code quality & code visibility 48:44 Building better code with invariants 56:32 Into the danger 01:01:48 Fear-proof your code & overcome challenges to deliver great software 01:07:27 Outro RECOMMENDED BOOKS Christian Clausen • Five Lines of Code • Kevlin Henney & Trisha Gee • 97 Things Every Java Programmer Should Know • Kevlin Henney • 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know • Martin Fowler • Refactoring 2nd Ed. • Fowler, Beck, Brant, Opdyke, Roberts & Gamma • Refactoring 1st Ed. • Edsger W. Dijkstra • A Discipline of Programming • Gamma, Helm, Johnson, Vlissides & Booch • Design Patterns • #Refactoring #Refactor #RefactoringPatterns #FiveLinesOfCode #BadCode #ImproveCode #CompilerPractice #ComputerScience #ChristianClausen #KevlinHenney #Programming #SoftwareEngineering #EffectiveProgramming #Automation #TypeScript #Getters #Setters #CodeQuality #CodeVisibility #Invariants Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket at SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL - new videos posted almost daily.