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

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

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. 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.

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

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was invented by

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, while the open–closed principle was invented by Bertrand Meyer. Martin is a proponent of software craftsmanship,

agile software development 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), ...

, and test-driven development.

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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