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Thank you for purchasing the MEAP for The Art of Code: The surprising power of beauty in software development. I hope you find it both useful and inspiring.
After 25 years as a developer, I began to feel that something was missing beyond the principles of clean code. I wanted to give voice to the deeper purpose and the human dimension of our craft: the beauty and creativity we bring to software when we treat code as something more than just instructions for a machine. Especially in a time when AI seems to place our profession on uncertain ground, it feels more important than ever to explore what only we, as human developers, can create with care and intention.
This book is written for developers who already feel confident in their skills and want to raise the quality of their work. If you’ve ever refactored a perfectly functional block of code simply to make it more elegant or more readable, because just working wasn’t good enough, then this book is for you.
You’ll learn how to write code that is simple, expressive, and reads like a story, code that communicates its purpose effortlessly, in short, beautiful code. And beauty in code is more than an aesthetic ideal, it’s a practical foundation for writing software that lasts. By recognizing recurring patterns of beauty in code, you’ll sharpen your craftsmanship and build a toolkit for writing maintainable code that evolves gracefully over time.