Pete's publications

Publications

Over the last few years I've written a large number of magazine articles and a book, Code Craft (which you can find out about on this page). To some people that's a really big deal. It makes other people yawn.

The articles have mostly appeared in ACCU magazines, and are available through the ACCU (if you're a programmer not in this organisation, join it - it's excellent). Some have appeared in CUJ and other publications.

I've also written quite a lot of book reviews. Check out Pete Goodliffe's book reviews, as published in C Vu.

Books

• Code Craft, my software development book, is described here.
• I have contributed three items in O'Reilly's 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know.
• I've contributed a chapter to O'Reilly's Beautiful Architecture called A Tale of Two Systems.
• I'm working on some as-yet unannounced book projects, too. Watch this space!

Becoming a Batter Programmer and Professionalism in programming series

This is a column that I've been writing for the ACCU's C Vu magazine. It investigates issues of "professionalism" surrounding programming. In early 2011 I changed the name to Becoming a Better Programmer as it more clearly reflects what I write about.

1. Layout of source code
2. in: C Vu Volume 12 No 2, April 2000
3. Team work
4. in: C Vu Volume 12 No 3, June 2000
5. Being specific
6. in: C Vu Volume 12 No 4, August 2000
7. Code reviews
8. in: C Vu Volume 12 No 5, October 2000
9. Documenting code
10. in: C Vu Volume 12 No 6, December 2000
11. Good design
12. in: C Vu Volume 13 No 1, February 2001
1. in: C Vu Volume 13 No 2, April 2001
   1. The programmer's toolbox
   2. in: C Vu Volume 13 No 3, June 2001
   3. Defensive programming
   4. in: C Vu Volume 13 No 4, August 2001
   5. Software testing
   6. in: C Vu Volume 13 No 5, October 2001
   7. Software development: Fantasy, fiction or farce
   8. in: C Vu Volume 13 No 6, December 2001
   9. Recipe for a program
   10. in: C Vu Volume 14 No 1, February 2002
   11. How long is a piece of string?
   12. in: C Vu Volume 14 No 2, April 2002
   13. There and back again
   14. in: C Vu Volume 14 No 3, June 2002
   15. The outer limits
   16. in: C Vu Volume 14 No 4, August 2002
2. in: C Vu Volume 14 No 5, October 2002
   1. The code that Jack built
   2. in: C Vu Volume 14 No 6, December 2002
   3. Engineering a release
   4. in: C Vu Volume 15 No 1, February 2003
   5. A passing comment
   6. in: C Vu Volume 15 No 2, April 2003
   7. Software evolution or software revolution?
   8. in: C Vu Volume 15 No 3, June 2003
   9. Software architecture
   10. in: C Vu Volume 15 No 4, August 2003
   11. Finding fault
   12. in: C Vu Volume 15 No 5, October 2003
   13. To err is human
   14. in: C Vu Volume 15 No 6, December 2003
   15. The need for speed (part one)
   16. in: C Vu Volume 16 No 1, February 2004
   17. The need for speed (part two)
   18. in: C Vu Volume 16 No 2, April 2004
   19. The need for speed (part three)
   20. in: C Vu Volume 16 No 3, June 2004
   21. And now for something completely different...
   22. in: C Vu Volume 16 No 4, August 2004
   23. An insecurity complex (part one)
   24. in: C Vu Volume 16 No 5, October 2004
   25. An insecurity complex (part two)
   26. in: C Vu Volume 16 No 6, December 2004
   27. Code Monkeys (part one)
   28. in: C Vu Volume 17 No 1, February 2005
   29. Code Monkeys (part two)
   30. in: C Vu Volume 17 No 2, April 2005
   31. An exercise for the reader
   32. in: C Vu Volume 17 No 3, June 2005
   33. A review to a kill
   34. in: C Vu Volume 17 No 4, August 2005
   35. Together we stand (part one)
   36. in: C Vu Volume 17 No 5, October 2005
   37. Together we stand (part two)
   38. in: C Vu Volume 17 No 6, December 2005
   39. Together we stand (part three)
   40. in: C Vu Volume 18 No 1, February 2006
   41. The curse of good code
   42. in: C Vu Volume 18 No 2, April 2006
   43. Mental gymnastics
   44. in: C Vu Volume 18 No 3, June 2006
   45. Effective version control (part one)
   46. in: C Vu Volume 18 No 4, August 2006
   47. Effective version control (part two)
   48. in: C Vu Volume 18 No 5, October 2006
   49. Effective version control (part three)
   50. in: C Vu Volume 18 No 6, December 2006
   51. Programming is...
   52. in: C Vu Volume 19 No 1, February 2007
   53. Playing by the rules
   54. in: C Vu Volume 19 No 2, April 2007
   55. How professional are you?
   56. in: C Vu Volume 19 No 3, June 2007
   57. Please release me (part one)
   58. in: C Vu Volume 19 No 4, August 2007
   59. Please release me (part two)
   60. in: C Vu Volume 19 No 5, April 2007
3. (series continues to present day, more details to come)

As of November 2011, I'm up to #72 in the series. I must get around to updating this list!

C++ Programming Articles

• Hardware register access in C++
• in: CUJ, May 2005. Read it here
• STL-style circular buffers by example
• in: Overload 50, to be published
• See also circular buffer library
• STL-style circular buffers by example, part two
• in: Overload 51, to be published
• Techniques for debugging in C++
• in: Overload 46, December 2001
• See also dbg library
• A framework for object serialisation
• in: Overload 37, May 2000
• Experiences of implementing the observer design pattern, part one
• in: Overload 37, May 2000
• Experiences of implementing the observer design pattern, part two
• in: Overload 38, July 2000
• Experiences of implementing the observer design pattern, part three
• in: Overload 41, February 2001
• An application of pointers to members
• in: Overload 36, March 2000
• Adding 'threads' to Anthem
• in: CAUGERs Volume 6 No 6
• Adding polymorphic classes to the Anthem 'threads' model
• in: C Vu Volume 12 No 2, April 2000

Miscellaneous magazines

• Creating a framework for the iPhone in: Overload 94, December 2009
• The Ghost of a Codebase Past in: Better Software Magazine, March 2009
• Idioms and Idiosyncrasies in: Better Software Magazine, September 2008
• Finding fault in: Hardcopy, Issue 23. March 2004