I agree that Code Complete is a great book. However, it's fairly old and IMO quite a few parts of it are rather dated. I'd expect the Second Edition rectifies that, but haven't read it yet.

Also, as an instructional guide to perl programming I'd go with Perl Best Practices over Code Complete.

Update: dragonchild is right, that last sentence was inappropriate. Let me try again:

If you're looking for practical tips on how to write maintainable perl code, I would first buy and read Perl Best Practices. If you then further want to educate yourself on software design principles and practices I very much recommend that you read Code Complete. Other fountains of knowledge in this and related areas are The Pragmatic Programmer, Test Driven Development: By Example and The Mythical Man Month.

In reply to Re^2: Meaning of Maintanability and Functionality in Coding Perl by tirwhan
in thread Meaning of Maintanability and Functionality in Coding Perl by neversaint

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