Code Professional Conduct, First Edition (5 results)

Paperback. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Ships same day or next business day! UPS shipping available (Priority Mail for AK/HI/APO/PO Boxes). Used sticker and some writing and/or highlighting. Used books may not include working access code. Used books will not include dust jackets.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Good condition Softcover Octavo, 1986, 1st edition, 140 pages. Edgewear and rubbing of wraps. Interior unmarked and solid. Size: 8vo - 7" to 9" Tall. Book.

Programmers who endure and succeed amidst swirling uncertainty and nonstop pressure share a common attribute: They care deeply about the practice of creating software. They treat it as a craft. They are professionals. In The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers, legendary software expert Robert C. Martin introduces the disciplines, techniques, tools, and practices of true software craftsmanship. This book is packed with practical adviceabout everything from estimating and coding to refactoring and testing. It covers much more than technique: It is about attitude. Martin shows how to approach software development with honor, self-respect, and pride; work well and work clean; communicate and estimate faithfully; face difficult decisions with clarity and honesty; and understand that deep knowledge comes with a responsibility to act. Readers will learn What it means to behave as a true software craftsman How to deal with conflict, tight schedules, and unreasonable managers How to get into the flow of coding, and get past writer's block How to handle unrelenting pressure and avoid burnout How to combine enduring attitudes with new development paradigms How to manage your time, and avoid blind alleys, marshes, bogs, and swamps How to foster environments where programmers and teams can thrive When to say "No"and how to say it When to say "Yes"and what yes really means Great software is something to marvel at: powerful, elegant, functional, a pleasure to work with as both a developer and as a user. Great software isn't written by machines. It is written by professionals with an unshakable commitment to craftsmanship. The Clean Coder will help you become one of themand earn the pride and fulfillment that they alone possess.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. xvi, 246 pp. Recent 1/4-leather and marbled boards, with new leather spine label. Text browned. Very Good. An incomplete version was printed for private distribution in 1794. The book offered here is the first published edition. Garrison-Morton 1764 (citing the 1803 edition): "The British and American medical professions have adopted much of 'Percival' in their ethical codes." "When the American Medical Association adopted its first code of ethics in 1847, many of its precepts were drawn from this book. Even today, after undergoing several revisions, the American Medical Association guidelines of ethical conduct for the physician are still based on those formulated by Percival. . . . The first half of the volume is devoted to the ethical principles which physicians and surgeons should exercise in their dealings with hospitals, with one another, with apothecaries, and in those cases where familiarity with the law is required. The second half of the book consists of an appendix containing a sermon on hospital duties addressed to the Liverpool Infirmary in 1791 by Percival's eldest son as well as a series of notes by Thomas Percival that enlarge upon the textual footnotes" (Heirs of Hippocrates 1037). Bibliotheca Osleriana 3645.

FIRST EDITION. Contemporary tree calf, boards worn and rubbed; interior leaves toned but overall a good copy with the ownership signature of Dan Wilson. First edition. "When the American Medical Association adopted its firs code of ethics in 1847, many of its precepts were drawn from this book. Even today, after undergoing several revisions, the American Medical Association guidelines of ethical conduct for the physician are still based on those formulated by Percival" (Heirs). Percival (1740-1804), an English physician, can best be described as a health reformer. He was asked by his colleagues to devise a set of laws for governing the Manchester Infirmary where he worked as a staff physician, expanding it to this code of ethics. Percival treats the ethical principles physicians and surgeons should exercise at hospitals, with patients, and with pharmacists. Garrison-Morton 1764; Heirs of Hippocrates 1037; Osler 3645.