Robert C. Martin
Robert Cecil Martin (born 5 December 1952), colloquially called "Uncle Bob",[2] is an American software engineer, instructor, and author. He is most recognized for promoting many software design principles and for being an author and signatory of the influential Agile Manifesto.[3]
Robert C. Martin | |
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 Martin in 2020 | |
| Born | Robert Cecil Martin 5 December 1952[1] |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | "Uncle Bob" Martin |
| Occupation(s) | Software engineer, instructor |
| Known for | Agile Manifesto, SOLID principles |
| Children | 4 |
| Website | cleancoder |
Martin has authored many books and magazine articles. He was the editor-in-chief of C++ Report magazine and served as the first chairman of the Agile Alliance.[4][5]
Companies
In 1991, Martin founded Object Mentor,[6] now defunct, which provided instructor-led training on the extreme programming methodology. As of March 2020, he operated two companies:
- Uncle Bob Consulting – provides consulting and training services
- Clean Coders – which provides training videos
Software principles and advocacy
Martin is a proponent of software craftsmanship, agile software development, and test-driven development.
He is credited with coining the SOLID mnemonic, a collection of software principles including "Single Responsibility Principle", "Open-Closed Principle" (invented by Bertrand Meyer.[7][8]), "Liskov Substitution Principle" (invented by Barbara Liskov,[9]), "Interface Segregation Principle", and "Dependency Inversion Principle".
Publications
- 1995. Designing Object-Oriented C++ Applications Using the Booch Method. Prentice Hall. ISBN 978-0132038379.
- 2002. Agile Software Development, Principles, Patterns, and Practices. Pearson. ISBN 978-0135974445.
- 2009. Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship. Prentice Hall. ISBN 978-0132350884.
- 2011. The Clean Coder: A Code Of Conduct For Professional Programmers. Prentice Hall. ISBN 978-0137081073.
- 2017. Clean Architecture: A Craftsman's Guide to Software Structure and Design. Prentice Hall. ISBN 978-0134494166.
- 2019. Clean Agile: Back to Basics. Prentice Hall. ISBN 978-0135781869.
- 2021. Clean Craftsmanship: Disciplines, Standards, and Ethics. Addison-Wesley Professional. ISBN 978-0136915805
References
- Groupon OnAir (July 26, 2016). The Future of Programming with Uncle Bob Martin. YouTube.
- Heusser, Matthew (May 10, 2011). "Do Professional Programmers Need a Code of Conduct? An Interview with Robert C. "Uncle Bob" Martin". InformIT. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
- "Authors: The Agile Manifesto". Manifesto for Agile Software Development. 2001. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
- "Robert C. Martin". IEEE Xplore. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
- Sondra Ashmore; Kristin Runyan (2014). Introduction to Agile Methods. Addison-Wesley Professional. p. 10. ISBN 9780133435214.
- "Robert Martin (Uncle Bob) - Scrum Alliance". www.scrumalliance.org. Retrieved November 30, 2022.
- Martin, Robert C. (January 1996). "The Open-Closed Principle" (PDF). C++ Report. Archived from the original on August 22, 2006.
{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - Meyer, Bertrand (1988). Object-oriented software construction. New York: Prentice Hall. p. 23. ISBN 0136290493.
- Liskov, Barbara; Wing, Jeannette (November 1, 1994). "A behavioral notion of subtyping". ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems. 16 (6): 1811–1841. doi:10.1145/197320.197383. S2CID 999172.