Book Review: Tidy First?

Tidy First?. This book discusses a series of practices that improve codebases. If you have a codebase that is resistant to change, this book provides several specific techniques to improve the codebase. This is the first book in an upcoming series from Beck.

What I liked: Several of the individual “tidying” techniques were ones I’ve used but now I have a better way to communicate them, and the value of tidying to others. I learned a few new ways to “tidy”.

What I didn’t like: I filed errata with O’Reilly… sadly, the conclusion of the book didn’t render on my Kobo! I lost the last 2-3 pages. Also, the book was more expensive than similar ones I’ve picked up.