For a writer, a battered copy of Strunk and White's Elements of Style is an essential tool. Many newspapers have their own internal manual of style that is updated and followed with more discipline than Mao Tse-tung's "Little Red Book" ever was. So why do programmers (well … some programmers) get away with writing code any way they feel like it? It's a very good question, but for those who understand that there is positive benefit in having a consistent and enforced set of coding standards, there is this book ... customized for VB.NET.

What this book is about is professional programming and your mindset and attitude as a professional programmer. There is a lot in it about why this attitude adjustment makes dollars and sense. Some of it, however, is a personal declaration from Patrick about what programming professionalism means to him. It's worth reading and worth thinking about even more!

About the Author

Tim Patrick is a working programmer who asserts that he wrote this book because he was personally confronted with the issues in the book in his professional career. You can find information about this book and all of Tim's books at his site: http://www.timaki.com.

Update! November 2005