任何一個以開發軟件為生的人都需要掌握一種經過實踐檢驗的方法，來使自己工作得*好、*快、*高效。本書在“如何節省時間”方面提供了寶貴意見和實用工具，無論你使用何種平臺，都能立刻應用於其中。大師級的開發者Neal Ford不僅提供了關於提高生產力的建議：如何*明智地工作，排除干擾，充分利用計算機，以及避免重復；同時他還詳細介紹了許多有價值的實踐經驗，幫助你規避常見陷阱，改善代碼，從而為團隊創造*大的價值。

通過本書，你將學習到如何：在寫代碼前先寫測試；一絲不苟地管理你 的對像的生命周期；隻做你現在必須要做的，而非你將來可能要做的；將古 老的哲學應用到軟件開發當中；敢於質疑權威，而不是盲目遵從標準；利用 元編程，將困難轉為容易，化不可能為可能；確保同一方法中的所有代碼處 於同一個抽像層面；選擇合適的編輯器，打造最佳工具組合。 這些不是空泛的理論，而是Ford現實的經驗成果。不論你是初學者還是 富有多年經驗的專家，本書中簡單而直接的原則對你的工作和職業生涯都將 有所裨益。

FOREWORD
PREFACE
1 INTRODUCTION
Why a Book on Programmer Productivity?
What This Book Is About
Where to Go Now?
Part One MECHANICS
2 ACCELERATION
Launching Pad
Accelerators
Macros
Summary
3 FOCUS
Kill Distractions
Search Trumps Navigation
Find Hard Targets
Use Rooted Views
Use Sticky Attributes
Use Project-Based Shortcuts
Multiply Your Monitors
Segregate Your Workspace with Virtual Desktops
Summary
4 AUTOMATION
Don’t Reinvent Wheels
Cache Stuff Locally
Automate Your Interaction with Web Sites
Interact with RSS Feeds
Subvert Ant for Non-Build Tasks
Subvert Rake for Common Tasks
Subvert Selenium to Walk Web Pages
Use Bash to Harvest Exception Counts
Replace Batch Files with Windows Power Shell
Use Mac OS X Automator to Delete Old Downloads
Tame Command-Line Subversion
Build a SQL Splitter in Ruby
Justifying Automation
Don’t Shave Yaks
Summary
5 CANONICALITY
DRY Version Control
Use a Canonical Build Machine
Indirection
Use Virtualization
DRY Impedance Mismatches
DRY Documentation
Summary
Part Two PRACTICE
6 TEST-DRIVEN DESIGN
Evolving Tests
Code Coverage
7 STATIC ANALYSIS
Byte Code Analysis
Source Analysis
Generate Metrics with Panopticode
Analysis for Dynamic Languages
8 GOOD CITIZENSHIP
Breaking Encapsulation
Constructors
Static Methods
Criminal Behavior
9 YAGNI
10 ANCIENT PHILOSOPHERS
Aristotle’s Essential and Accidental Properties
Occam’s Razor
The Law of Demeter
Software Lore
11 QUESTION AUTHORITY
Angry Monkeys
Fluent Interfaces
Anti-Objects
12 META-PROGRAMMING
Java and Reflection
Testing Java with Groovy
Writing Fluent Interfaces
Whither Meta-Programming?
13 COMPOSED METHOD AND SLAP
Composed Method in Action
SLAP
14 POLYGLOT PROGRAMMING
How Did We Get Here? And Where Exactly Is Here?
Where Are We Going? And How Do We Get There?
Ola’s Pyramid
15 FIND THE PERFECT TOOLS
The Quest for the Perfect Editor
The Candidates
Choosing the Right Tool for the Job
Un-Choosing the Wrong Tools
16 CONCLUSION: CARRYING ON THE CONVERSATION
APPENDIX: BUILDING BLOCKS
INDEX