Code Design and the Science of Pleasure
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Argues that code should be designed for people using a three-tier model: functionality, usability, pleasure and mapped to Lionel Tiger’s four pleasures (physio, social, psycho, ideal). Gives concrete examples (Google, Sinatra, TextMate, Cassandra, ATM UX, J2EE), recommends practices: personas, prototyping, readme-driven development, top-down APIs, and red green refactor as the refactoring mantra. Shows anti-patterns (feature envy, inconsistent APIs) and small, actionable rules to make code more pleasurable and maintainable.
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