Classic Coding Tome Updated

Tim Halloran writes "Steve McConnell has updated his book 'Code Complete' a 960 page language agnostic tome about code construction. This is the best book of its type I've ever encountered and the update is welcome (as the first edition is over a decade old...I suddenly feel as I'm getting old :-). More information, and a sample chapter are here. As a programming team lead I have provided this book to team members to get them critically thinking about how they write code."

Comments

Re:Why?

[The Clockwork Troll]

Why is a new release of a programming book, designed to render its predecessor obsolete, greeted with such enthusiasm here while a new release of Windows or Office, also designed to render its predecessor obsolete is greeted with derision?

You're not comparing apples to apples.

If your comparison were to be fair, Code Complete would be in its 13th edition with each new edition bringing a rearrangement of chapters for no apparent reason, 10 new pages of content at most, and entire sections devoted to tools nobody can use or figure out without purchasing the supplemental Inside Code Complete, 13th edition and subscribing to the CCDN (Code Complete Developers' Network).