Robert Cecil Martin

Not to be confused with Robert "Bob" Martin.

Robert Cecil Martin, known colloquially as "Uncle Bob", is an American software consultant and author. Martin has been a software professional since 1970 and an international software consultant since 1990. In 2001, he initiated the meeting of the group that created agile software development from extreme programming techniques. He is also a leading member of the software craftsmanship movement. His video "code casts" on the Clean Coders website can be purchased on www.cleancoders.com.

He founded Object Mentor Inc., a consulting firm that specializes in training 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 popular books and articles on programming and software methodologies.

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. 
• Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship. Prentice Hall PTR. 2008. ISBN 0-13-235088-2. 
• The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers. Prentice Hall. 2011. ISBN 0-13-708107-3. 

See also

• SOLID object-oriented design principles
• Principles of package and component design
• Transformational Priority Premise

External links

• Agile Manifesto Signatories