[sek]

I find this subject so intimidating. Everywhere i read something else. There is Agile, Extreme Programming and Books like "The Deadline". These sound awesome first, but then i also read bad/contrary things about these methods. I also ask me why big companies don't implement them.

I know there is not the perfect way, but can anybody recommend me a book with a way you can confidently execute? Maybe a guide how Google does it? It may be not perfect but they produce relatively high quality code.

Has everybody/company figure these things out for themself?

[rachelbythebay]

Are you sure you've seen Google's actual source code? How can you be sure it's high quality? Maybe there are gigantic lurking monsters out there running in production which are completely grotesque and unmaintainable. Don't assume they are some magic source of quality, especially now with the brain drain.

Oh, the things I've seen.