--- product_id: 48694500 title: "Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship (Robert C. Martin Series)" price: "£34.31" currency: GBP in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/48694500-clean-code-a-handbook-of-agile-software-craftsmanship-robert-c store_origin: GB region: United Kingdom --- # 4.6/5 star rated Classic Agile guide Practical coding techniques Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship (Robert C. Martin Series) **Price:** £34.31 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > ⚡ Code cleaner, ship faster, lead smarter. ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship (Robert C. Martin Series) - **How much does it cost?** £34.31 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.uk](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/48694500-clean-code-a-handbook-of-agile-software-craftsmanship-robert-c) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Clear, Actionable Examples:** Learn through clean, real-world case studies that make complex concepts simple. - • **Master Agile Craftsmanship:** Transform your coding with proven best practices from a legendary author. - • **Stay Ahead in Software Design:** Ranked top 20 in Software Design & Development—your competitive edge in tech. - • **Boost Code Quality & Maintainability:** Write code that’s not just functional but elegant and sustainable. - • **Join a Community of 6,500+ Enthusiasts:** Be part of a highly rated, trusted resource shaping modern software development. ## Overview Clean Code by Robert C. Martin is a definitive handbook for software professionals seeking to elevate their coding standards through agile principles. With a 4.6-star rating from over 6,500 reviews and top rankings in software design categories, this book offers clear examples and practical advice to help you write maintainable, high-quality code that stands the test of time. ## Description Even bad code can function. But if code isn’t clean, it can bring a development organization to its knees. Every year, countless hours and significant resources are lost because of poorly written code. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Noted software expert Robert C. Martin presents a revolutionary paradigm with Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship . Martin has teamed up with his colleagues from Object Mentor to distill their best agile practice of cleaning code “on the fly” into a book that will instill within you the values of a software craftsman and make you a better programmer—but only if you work at it. What kind of work will you be doing? You’ll be reading code—lots of code. And you will be challenged to think about what’s right about that code, and what’s wrong with it. More importantly, you will be challenged to reassess your professional values and your commitment to your craft. Clean Code is divided into three parts. The first describes the principles, patterns, and practices of writing clean code. The second part consists of several case studies of increasing complexity. Each case study is an exercise in cleaning up code—of transforming a code base that has some problems into one that is sound and efficient. The third part is the payoff: a single chapter containing a list of heuristics and “smells” gathered while creating the case studies. The result is a knowledge base that describes the way we think when we write, read, and clean code. Readers will come away from this book understanding How to tell the difference between good and bad code How to write good code and how to transform bad code into good code How to create good names, good functions, good objects, and good classes How to format code for maximum readability How to implement complete error handling without obscuring code logic How to unit test and practice test-driven development This book is a must for any developer, software engineer, project manager, team lead, or systems analyst with an interest in producing better code. Review: Does what it says on the tin - Every so often, a book comes along that codifies best practice in a way that manages to illuminate the path from where things are right now, to a better place that we'd rather be -- things like Fowler et al. Review: Excellent book - This book has changed the way I code, hopefully for the better! Fittingly for a book about clean coding, it is cleanly written with clear examples and case studies. ## Features - New Store Stock ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | 105,444 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 70 in Software Design & Development 71 in Computing & Internet for Professionals 100 in Introduction to Programming | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 6,598 Reviews | ## Images ![Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship (Robert C. Martin Series) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71nj3JM-igL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Does what it says on the tin *by S***M on 3 May 2009* Every so often, a book comes along that codifies best practice in a way that manages to illuminate the path from where things are right now, to a better place that we'd rather be -- things like Fowler et al. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent book *by J***M on 15 October 2025* This book has changed the way I code, hopefully for the better! Fittingly for a book about clean coding, it is cleanly written with clear examples and case studies. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Top 3 Programming Book *by M***R on 22 September 2011* I knew this was going to be an excellent book from the moment I heard Uncle Bod describing his ideas of Clean Code at his key note at an ACCU conference. I bought the book there and then, but didn't start reading it until a couple of years later. More recently I got it signed by Uncle Bob at Skillsmatter. After just a few pages it propelled itself into my top three books every programmer should read (behind Kent Beck's Test Driven Development and The Pragmatic Programmer by Andy Hunt & David Thomas) and at the end it's still there. The chapter on comments is worth the price of the book alone. I have worked in places over the last few years, where comments have been encouraged to explain the code, rather than writing code that explains itself. Another great chapter is the one on functions and the advice to keep them small is especially good and compelling. As I look back over the table of contents now, every chapter that describes how to improve an aspect of code is an absolute mine of good advice. The final few chapters contain a number of refactorings. One on an application from the ground up and the others on existing code written by other people. This is the only place where the book got gratuitous and I must admit I skipped most of the final refactoring. The final chapter is a summary of the advice given in the rest of the book and something I will find myself referring to again and again. If you've read Test Driven Development and The Pragmatic Programmer, make sure you read Clean Code next. ## Frequently Bought Together - Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship - Clean Architecture: A Craftsman's Guide to Software Structure and Design (Robert C. 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