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Tidy First? ―Experiential Software Design for Individuals

A review of Tidy First? Kent Beck's thin but dense book that makes you consider when to tidy your code. From the perspectives of coupling and cohesion, and cost and benefit, it frames tidying decisions empirically. Its arguments are concise and clear.

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I read Tidy First? ―Experiential Software Design for Individuals.

With only 130 pages, it's a quick read.

The book prompts you to consider whether to "tidy up" from the perspectives of cost, revenue, coupling, and cohesion.

I found the arguments to be concise and easy to understand.

Personally, I think estimating costs and revenues is challenging, and it really tests one's skills as a technician.

In particular, I found several chapters that present ideas from a monetary economic approach to be quite interesting.

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