Based on decades of real-life software development experience, this book will help you produce best-of-breed, world class software. Set up both as a manual and reference, this book will help both novice and experienced software developers to take their skills to the next level. Learn how to produce lean, mean, structured code; how to keep bugs out of your programs; to make your software more user-friendly; to improve maintainability; to troubleshoot your projects; and to guarantee software quality.