Robert C. Martin

Robert C. Martin
Martin in 2020
Born	Robert Cecil Martin (1952-12-05) 5 December 1952 (age 71) [1]
Nationality	American
Other names	"Uncle Bob" Martin
Occupation(s)	Software engineer [ citation needed ], instructor
Known for	Agile Manifesto, SOLID principles
Children	4
Website	cleancoder.com

Robert Cecil Martin (born 5 December 1952), colloquially called "Uncle Bob", ^[2] is an American software engineer ^{[ citation needed ]}, 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]

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]}

Martin joined the software industry at age 17 and is self-taught. ^[6]

Companies

In 1991, Martin founded Object Mentor, ^[7] now defunct, which provided instructor-led training on the extreme programming methodology. ^[8] As of November 2023 ^[update] , he operated Uncle Bob Consulting, which provides consulting and training services. ^[9] He is also a "Master Craftsman / Mentor" at Clean Coders, a company which is run by his son Micah Martin, and produces training videos. ^[10]

Software principles and advocacy

Martin is a proponent of software craftsmanship, agile software development, and test-driven development. ^[11]

He is credited with coining the SOLID mnemonic, ^[12] a collection of software principles. The principles are as follows: "Single Responsibility Principle", "Open-Closed Principle" (invented by Bertrand Meyer. ^{[13] [14]} ), "Liskov Substitution Principle" (invented by Barbara Liskov, ^[15] ), "Interface Segregation Principle", and "Dependency Inversion Principle".

Publications

• 1995. Designing Object-Oriented C++ Applications Using the Booch Method. Prentice Hall. ISBN   978-0132038379.
• 2000. More C++ Gems. Cambridge University Press. ISBN   978-0521786188.
• 2002. Agile Software Development, Principles, Patterns, and Practices. Pearson. ISBN   978-0135974445.
• 2003. UML for Java Programmers. Prentice Hall. ISBN   978-0131428485.
• 2006. Agile Principles, Patterns, And Practices in C#. Pearson. ISBN   978-0131857254.
• 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
• 2023. Functional Design: Principles, Patterns, and Practices. Addison-Wesley ISBN   978-0138176396

References

1. Groupon OnAir (July 26, 2016). The Future of Programming with Uncle Bob Martin. YouTube.
2. 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.
3. "Authors: The Agile Manifesto". Manifesto for Agile Software Development. 2001. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
4. "Robert C. Martin". IEEE Xplore. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
5. Sondra Ashmore; Kristin Runyan (2014). Introduction to Agile Methods. Addison-Wesley Professional. p. 10. ISBN   9780133435214.
6. Martin, Robert C. (December 10, 2018). "Uncle Bob on X". X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved November 23, 2023.
7. "Robert Martin (Uncle Bob) - Scrum Alliance". www.scrumalliance.org. Retrieved November 30, 2022.
8. "Object Mentor: About | LinkedIn". LinkedIn. Retrieved November 23, 2023.
9. "Robert Martin | LinkedIn". LinkedIn. Retrieved November 23, 2023.
10. "Clean Coders : Level up your code". cleancoders.com. Retrieved November 23, 2023.
11. "UBC". cleancoder.com. Retrieved November 23, 2023.
12. Martin, Robert C. (2000) "Design Principles and Design Patterns"(PDF). objectmentor.com. Archived from the original on 2015-09-06
13. Martin, Robert C. (January 1996). "The Open-Closed Principle" (PDF). C++ Report. Archived from the original on August 22, 2006.
14. Meyer, Bertrand (1988). Object-oriented software construction. New York: Prentice Hall. p. 23. ISBN   0136290493.
15. 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.