Robert Cecil Martin

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Known colloquially as "Uncle Bob", Robert Cecil Martin has been a software professional since 1970 and an international software consultant since 1990. In 2001, he led the group that created Agile software development from Extreme programming techniques^[1]. He is also a leading member of the Software Craftsmanship movement.

He is founder and president of Object Mentor Inc., a team of consultants who mentor their clients in C++, Java, OOP, Patterns, UML, Agile Methodologies, and Extreme Programming.

From 1996 to 1999 he was the editor-in-chief of the C++ Report. In 2002 he wrote Agile Software Development: Principles, Patterns, and Practices, which gives pragmatic advice on object oriented design and development in an agile team. He has also published a number of articles on programming and software methodologies.

Contents 1 See also 2 Bibliography 3 References 4 External links

[edit] See also

• Principles:
  • Dependency inversion principle
  • Single responsibility principle

• Software package metrics

[edit] Bibliography

• Designing Object-Oriented C++ Applications using the Booch Method. Prentice-Hall. 1995. ISBN 0-13-203837-4. 
• Agile Software Development: Principles, Patterns and Practices. Pearson Education. 2002. ISBN 0-13-597444-5. 
• UML for Java Programmers. Prentice Hall. 2003. ISBN 0-13-142848-9. 

• Agile Principles, Patterns, and Practices in C#. Prentice Hall. 2006. ISBN 0-13-185725-8. 

• Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship. Prentice Hall PTR. 2008. ISBN 0-13-235088-2. 

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• The Object Mentor site
• Agile Manifesto Signatories
• Journal of Object-Oriented Programming -- successor to the C++ Report, and links to some of its old articles