In lists.community.perlmongers.london, you wrote: >* Dave Cross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >> >> An Introduction to Database Systems - Chris Date > >I haven't heard of this one, my "classic" general DB books are >Fundamentals of Database Systems and Introduction to SQL (van der >Lans) > >> Refactoring - Martin Fowler > >Oh, another I haven't head of, whats this like?
It's a book entirely about how to clean up messy code. It gives examples of common refactorings and names each one (eg "Extract Method", one of the most common ones) and so gives code-cleaner-uppers a vocabulary to use. The code examples are in Java, but are mostly simple enough for a non-Java-programmer like me to understand. This is top of my "must buy" list right now. K. -- Kirrily 'Skud' Robert - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://infotrope.net/ "There's a hole in my bucket, dear 'Liza, dear 'Liza..." "Why do you feel there is a hole in your bucket?" - skud and thorfy, very late one night (from the Netizen quotes file)
