Steve McConnell Quotes

• Un buen código es su mejor documentación. Cuando estés a punto de añadir un comentario, pregúntate: "¿Cómo puedo mejorar el código para que este comentario no sea necesario?". Mejora el código y luego documéntalo para que sea aún más claro.

  Steve McConnell

  Funny Inspirational, Documentation, Add

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• The trouble with quick and dirty is that dirty remains long after quick has been forgotten.

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  Dirty, Long, Forgotten

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• Las pruebas por sí solas no mejoran la calidad del software. Los resultados de las pruebas son un indicador de la calidad, pero por sí solos no la mejoran. Intentar mejorar la calidad del software aumentando el número de pruebas es como intentar perder peso pesándose más a menudo. Lo que comes antes de subirte a la báscula determina cuánto pesarás, y las técnicas de desarrollo de software que utilizas determinan cuántos errores encontrarán las pruebas. Si quieres perder peso, no compres una báscula nueva; cambia tu dieta. Si quiere mejorar su software, no pruebe más; desarrolle mejor.

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  Errors, Code Quality, Simplicity

  Steve McConnell (2004). “Code Complete”, p.501, Pearson Education

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• It's better to wait for a productive programmer to become available than it is to wait for the first available programmer to become productive.

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  Waiting, Firsts, Computer

  Steve McConnell (1997). “Software Project Survival Guide”, p.103, Microsoft Press

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• El objetivo principal de la estimación de software no es predecir el resultado de un proyecto, sino determinar si los objetivos de un proyecto son lo suficientemente realistas como para permitir que el proyecto se controle para cumplirlos.

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  Target, Purpose, Outcomes

  Steve McConnell (2006). “Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art”, p.54, Microsoft Press

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• Building software implies various stages of planning, preparation and execution that vary in kind and degree depending on what's being built. [...]
  Building a four-foot tower requires a steady hand, a level surface, and 10 undamaged beer cans. Building a tower 100 times that size doesn't merely require 100 times as many beer cans.

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  Beer, Hands, Feet

  Steve McConnell (2004). “Code Complete”, p.16, Pearson Education

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• Un buen código es su mejor documentación.

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  Technology, Documentation, Computer

  Steve McConnell (2004). “Code Complete”, p.817, Pearson Education

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• Good visual layout shows the logical structure of a program.

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  Code Quality, Logical, Program

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• In software, the chain isn't as strong as its weakest link; it's as weak as all the weak links multiplied together.

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  Teamwork, Strong, Together

  Steve McConnell (2004). “Code Complete”, p.51, Pearson Education

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• Even when you have skilled, motivated, hard-working people, the wrong team structure can undercut their efforts instead of catapulting them to success. A poor team structure can increase development time, reduce quality, damage morale, increase turnover, and ultimately lead to project cancellation.

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  Teamwork, Hard Work, People

  Steve McConnell (1996). “Rapid Development”, p.297, Microsoft Press

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• The default movement on a software project should be in the direction of taking elements of the software away to make it simpler rather than adding elements to make it more complex.

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  Simplicity, Elements, Movement

  Steve McConnell (1997). “Software Project Survival Guide”, p.48, Microsoft Press

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• ... programming requires more concentration than other activities. It's the reason programmers get upset about 'quick interruptions' - such interruptions are tantamount to asking a juggler to keep three balls in the air and hold your groceries at the same time.

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  Air, Upset, Three

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• A blanket attempt to avoid mistakes is the biggest mistake of all.

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  Mistake, Blanket, Biggest Mistake

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• A brute force solution that works is better than an elegant solution that doesn't work.

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  Design, Programming, Force

  Steve McConnell (2004). “Code Complete”, p.107, Pearson Education

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• Está bien descifrar misterios de asesinatos, pero no deberías necesitar descifrar código. Deberías ser capaz de leerlo.

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  Murder Mysteries, Needs, Able

  Steve McConnell (2004). “Code Complete”, p.267, Pearson Education

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• It's hard enough to find an error in your code when you're looking for it; it's even harder when you've assumed your code is error-free.

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  Funny Inspirational, Errors, Coders

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• Engineering is the application of scientific principles toward practical ends. If the engineering isn't practical, it's bad engineering.

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  Engineering, Principles, Ends

  Steve McConnell (1999). “After the Gold Rush: Creating a True Profession of Software Engineering”

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• There are no secrets on an successful software project. Both good and bad news must be able to move up and down the ptoject hierarchy without restriction.

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  Moving, Successful, Secret

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• Motivation is undoubtedly the single greatest influence on how well people perform. Most productivity studies have found that motivation has a stronger influence on productivity than any other factor.

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  Motivation, People, Stronger

  Steve McConnell (1996). “Rapid Development”, p.249, Microsoft Press

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• The job of the average manager requires a shift in focus every few minutes. The job of the average software developer requires that the developer not shift focus more often than every few hours.

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  Teamwork, Jobs, Average

  Steve McConnell (1997). “Software Project Survival Guide”, p.45, Microsoft Press

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• A typical software project can present more opportunities to learn from mistakes than some people get in a lifetime.

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  Mistake, Opportunity, People

  Steve McConnell (1996). “Rapid Development”, p.29, Microsoft Press

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• Los proyectos de software fracasan por una de estas dos razones generales: el equipo del proyecto carece de los conocimientos necesarios para llevar a cabo un proyecto de software con éxito, o el equipo del proyecto carece de la resolución necesaria para llevar a cabo un proyecto con eficacia.

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  Teamwork, Two, Failing

  Steve McConnell (1997). “Software Project Survival Guide”, p.7, Microsoft Press

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• Heuristic is an algorithm in a clown suit. It’s less predictable, it’s more fun, and it comes without a 30-day, money-back guarantee.

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  Fun, Guarantees, Heuristics

  Steve McConnell (2004). “Code Complete”, p.12, Pearson Education

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• In my experience, you either have encapsulation and abstraction or you have neither. There is no middle ground.

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  Middle, Middle Ground, Abstraction

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• In software, consultants sometimes tell you to buy into certain software-development methods to the exclusion of other methods. That’s unfortunate because if you buy into any single methodology 100 percent, you’ll see the whole world in terms of that methodology. In some instances, you’ll miss opportunities to use other methods better suited to your current problem.

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  Opportunity, Missing, Use

  Steve McConnell (2004). “Code Complete”, p.20, Pearson Education

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