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Robert C. Martin's handbook on writing readable, maintainable code: naming, functions, tests and refactoring, with examples in Java.
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Clean Code gathers in one volume practices for making code easier to read and maintain, and helped popularize the idea of software craftsmanship. Its material on naming, small functions and comments gives teams a shared vocabulary for discussing quality in code reviews.
Beginner and intermediate developers who want to refine how they write code, and teams looking for a common text to align review criteria. It also helps anyone about to work on legacy code who needs a method for improving it gradually.
Released in 2008, the book alternates chapters of principles with refactoring case studies, mostly using Java code. Because it predates many recent practices and tools, it is worth reading critically and adapting the examples to the language you actually use.
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