Robert C. Martin

Robert Cecil Martin (born 5 December 1952), colloquially called "Uncle Bob",^[3] is an American software engineer,^[2] 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.^[4]

Robert C. Martin
Martin in 2020
Born	Robert Cecil Martin (1952-12-05) 5 December 1952 (age 72)[1]
Nationality	American
Other names	"Uncle Bob" Martin
Occupation(s)	Software engineer,[2] instructor
Known for	Agile Manifesto, SOLID principles
Children	4
Website	cleancoder.com

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.^[5][6]

Martin joined the software industry at age 17 and is self-taught.^[7]

Professional work

In 1991, Martin founded Object Mentor,^[8] now defunct, which provided instructor-led training on the extreme programming methodology.^[9] As of November 2023^[update], he operated Uncle Bob Consulting, which provides consulting and training services.^[10] He serves as Master Craftsman / Mentor at Clean Coders, a company run by his son Micah Martin, and produces training videos.^[11]

Software principles advocacy

Martin is a proponent of software craftsmanship, agile software development, and test-driven development.^[12]

He is credited with introducing the collection of object-oriented programming (OOP) design principles that came to be known as SOLID.^[13]

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
• 2024. We, Programmers: A Chronicle of Coders from Ada to AI. Addison-Wesley Professional. ISBN 978-0135344262

Guests

Notable guests of his video channel include Grady Booch and Ward Cunningham.

Clean Code

One term that is connected with Robert Martin is "Clean Code". It is the name of a book that he wrote^[14], a firm that he owns^{[citation needed]}, a class that he teaches^[15], and a software paradigm that he supports. The software paradigm involves SOLID, Test Driven Development, Structured Programming, Object Oriented Programming, and certain Design Patterns.^[16] Most supporters of Python support clean code, and vice versa.^{[citation needed]}