108 Quotes by Robert C. Martin

Some folks think that Agile is about going fast. It’s not. It’s never been about going fast. Agile is about knowing, as early as possible, just how screwed we are.

You should name a variable using the same care with which you name a first-born child.

Good software systems begin with clean code. On the one hand, if the bricks aren’t well made, the architecture of the building doesn’t matter much. On the other hand, you can make a substantial mess with well-made bricks. This is where the SOLID principles come in.

The first value of software – behavior – is urgent but not always particularly important. The second value of software – architecture – is important but never particularly urgent.

The unit tests are documents. They describe the lowest-level design of the system.

Programmers must avoid leaving false clues that obscure the meaning of code.

I’m a programmer. I like programming. And the best way I’ve found to have a positive impact on code is to write it.

Design and programming are human activities; forget that and all is lost. – Bjarne Stroustrup, 1991.

It is not the language that makes programs appear simple. It is the programmer that make the language appear simple!