Code Complete

Code Complete
First edition cover
AuthorSteve McConnell
LanguageEnglish
SubjectComputer programming
Published
  • 1993 (1st ed.)
  • 2004 (2nd ed.)
Publication placeUnited States
Pages914 (2nd ed.)
ISBN978-0-7356-1967-8 (2nd ed.)
LC ClassQA75.5-76.95

Code Complete is a software development book, written by Steve McConnell and published in 1993 by Microsoft Press, encouraging developers to continue past code-and-fix programming and the big design up front and waterfall models. It is also a compendium of software construction techniques, which include techniques from naming variables to deciding when to write a subroutine.