Robert Cecil Martin (born 5 December 1952), colloquially called "Uncle Bob", is an American

software engineer Software engineering is a systematic engineering approach to software development. A software engineer is a person who applies the principles of software engineering to design, develop, maintain, test, and evaluate computer software. The term ''p ...

, instructor, and best-selling author. He is most recognized for developing many software design principles and for being a founder of the influential

Agile Manifesto In software development, agile (sometimes written Agile) practices include requirements discovery and solutions improvement through the collaborative effort of self-organizing and cross-functional teams with their customer(s)/ end user(s), a ...

. Martin has authored many books and magazine articles. He was the editor-in-chief of ''

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'' magazine and served as the first chairman of the Agile Alliance.

Companies

In 1991, Martin founded Object Mentor, now defunct, which provided instructor-led training on the

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methodology. , he operated two companies: *Uncle Bob Consulting – provides consulting and training services *Clean Coders – which provides training videos

Software principles and advocacy

Five of Martin's principles have become known collectively as the ''

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principles''. Though he invented most of the principles he promotes, the Liskov substitution principle was invented by

Barbara Liskov Barbara Liskov (born November 7, 1939 as Barbara Jane Huberman) is an American computer scientist who has made pioneering contributions to programming languages and distributed computing. Her notable work includes the development of the Liskov su ...

, while the

open–closed principle In object-oriented programming, the open–closed principle (OCP) states "''software entities (classes, modules, functions, etc.) should be open for extension, but closed for modification''"; that is, such an entity can allow its behaviour to be ...

was invented by

Bertrand Meyer Bertrand Meyer (; ; born 21 November 1950) is a French academic, author, and consultant in the field of computer languages. He created the Eiffel programming language and the idea of design by contract. Education and academic career Meyer rece ...

. Martin is a proponent of

software craftsmanship Software craftsmanship is an approach to software development that emphasizes the coding skills of the software developers. It is a response by software developers to the perceived ills of the mainstream software industry, including the prioritiza ...

, agile software development, and

test-driven development Test-driven development (TDD) is a software development process relying on software requirements being converted to test cases before software is fully developed, and tracking all software development by repeatedly testing the software against al ...

Publications

* 1995. ''Designing Object-Oriented C++ Applications Using the Booch Method''. Prentice Hall. . * 2002. ''Agile Software Development, Principles, Patterns, and Practices''. Pearson. . * 2009. ''Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship''. Prentice Hall. . * 2011. ''The Clean Coder: A Code Of Conduct For Professional Programmers''. Prentice Hall. . * 2017. ''Clean Architecture: A Craftsman's Guide to Software Structure and Design''. Prentice Hall. . * 2019. ''Clean Agile: Back to Basics''. Prentice Hall. . * 2021. ''Clean Craftsmanship: Disciplines, Standards, and Ethics''. Addison-Wesley Professional.

References

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