When reading xp books and general programming practice books, there is ambiguity and conflicting points on the subject of writing the “simplest” code to get something running. “Write the simplest code to get the test to pass”. Generally the worst code I have seen or written has been with a simplistic...

Unlike some other careers, programming doesn’t have a well defined path. You can go in many directions and some lead to dead ends. I've been given a lot of bad advice as well as some good. This is an accumulation of the good. Object Oriented Programming Know and learn to apply the core fundamentals...