books by Addison-Wesley Professional     books:       Succeeding with Agile: Software Development Using Scrum2 reviews Mike Cohn Addison-Wesley Professional, 2009 Insightful, practical and a good read I've read many, many books on software teams and building software, and I've written several myself, and I've come across very few books that do as good a job as Succeeding with Agile: Software Development Using Scrum. This book gives great -- and very readable! -- advice, not just for people using Scrum (or even Agile development), but for anyone who is looking to improve the way their team ...             The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition (2nd Edition)143 reviews Frederick P. Brooks Addison-Wesley Professional, 1995 A solid book The author really knows what he is talking about. As a computer programmer, I can tell that the author is speaking from experience. And he makes his points clearly and thoroughly.             Programming in Objective-C 2.0 (2nd Edition)73 reviews Stephen G. Kochan Addison-Wesley Professional, 2009 Much more than an Excellent Book! I graduated as a mechanical engineer in 06' and during that time took one class on C programming. Being that it was 8 years ago and I guess you could say I was a beginner as a programmer. I was looking for a book on Objective-C back in December of '08 and after a lot of research ended up choosing this book. At the time I had read numerous good things about the book but I was unprepared for what I ...             Python Essential Reference (4th Edition)5 reviews David M. Beazley Addison-Wesley Professional, 2009 An excellent reference to get the maximum out of Python The author of Python Essential Reference is David Beazley, who among other occupations created the open-source SWIG tool and the WAD mixed-languages debugger. His background is pervading throughout the book, in which the reader gets a clear sense of what is happening behind the Python programming language and learns how to use it efficiently instead of considering it as a black box. The first ...             The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master146 reviews Andrew Hunt, David Thomas Addison-Wesley Professional, 1999 Definitely a Classic I found the book to be worth a read (which doesn't take long). Filled with lots of lessons most programmers learn with time/experience. It's not a book on design patterns or anything. It's more of a book explaining things like planning, how to be most productive, the difference between a prototype and tracer bullets, why code generation is powerful/how to do it, the benefits of ...             PHP and MySQL Web Development (4th Edition)211 reviews Luke Welling, Laura Thomson Addison-Wesley Professional, 2008 Perfect Book - Every PHP programmer must have this book! PHP and MySQL Web Development (4th Edition) I am a self taught programmer and I always felt there was more to PHP than i was getting from other PHP books I had.So recently, I embarked on a month long search of a 'good' PHP book. I am glad to tell everyone else that I have finally found that book. This is right here, this book doesn't make assumptions about your programming skills level - It ...             Cocoa(R) Programming for Mac(R) OS X (3rd Edition)102 reviews Aaron Hillegass Addison-Wesley Professional, 2008 Fantastic intro to Cocoa and Objective-C This is the book I started with to get into iPhone development. Even though this book is specific to Mac OS X desktop software development, it's by far the best book to get a solid foundation in Cocoa and Objective-C before learning the specifics in the iPhone SDK. It took me about 80 hours to get through this book, doing all of the example programs. After that, it felt like I had taken a 5 ...             Cocoa Design Patterns8 reviews Erik M. Buck, Donald A. Yacktman Addison-Wesley Professional, 2009 Unlocking Cocoa Programming This superb book has finally unlocked Cocoa programming! Let me explain. In most subjects we learn by acquiring a little bit of knowledge and, once that bit has been understood, we move on to the next little bit, until the bigger topic is understood. First we learn A then we learn B. Unfortunately, this method of learning does not work well with application frameworks such as Cocoa. These ...             Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software265 reviews Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, ... Addison-Wesley Professional, 1994 Design Patterns As book it self states, this is a Catalog of Design Patterns with every pattern deeply analyzed and with the introductory chapter that explains why patterns are used. It sums the years of object oriented design experience. Even though the book is written in 1994 it's still relevant, though some newer languages implement some of the patterns as the language features. I didn't read any other books ...             Effective C++: 55 Specific Ways to Improve Your Programs and Designs (3rd Edition)143 reviews Scott Meyers Addison-Wesley Professional, 2005 amazing "book club" book This is an amazing book. I read it long ago and am reading it again. My development team are all young. I decided to read this book as a team to help bring the java trained people up to speed on the complexities of C++. It is working well so far. The format of the book lends itself to "book club" style reading like no other.             Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code139 reviews Martin Fowler, Kent Beck, ... Addison-Wesley Professional, 1999 Must have in any developers collection I was referred to this book from a colleague after a quick discussion on "Replace temp with Query" in our projects code base. I thought I knew it all as a software developer, but reading this book, I soon came to realize that as a software developer I was leaving a legacy of code that was not at the standard it should be. This book opened my eyes to some really simple concepts, for example, ...             Java Concurrency in Practice60 reviews Brian Goetz, Tim Peierls, ... Addison-Wesley Professional, 2006 I buy this book for every engineer that starts on my team. This is the best book on java. If you are planning on using java as a real language for development, you should read this book before you write your first interface or draw your first box on the whiteboard. I buy this book for everyone who starts on my team. It is really that good.             Programming Pearls (2nd Edition)35 reviews Jon Bentley Addison-Wesley Professional, 1999 Utterly essential to read and re-read I have a (very) short list of books that I re-read annually. This is the book at the top of my list. I am a professional software developer working within the world's largest software company. I work in amongst (BY FAR) the most incredible software engineers on the planet. One of the things that I enjoy the most about working with the people around me is range and depth of experiences that are ...             Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software53 reviews Eric Evans Addison-Wesley Professional, 2003 Thoughtful and relevant Must read for software architects. Book is well organized and written. Concepts are useful in everyday analysis, design, and implementation. Also, excellent editing and layout. Always nice to find!             User Stories Applied: For Agile Software Development45 reviews Mike Cohn Addison-Wesley Professional, 2004 Better in One Chapter This book made me better after the first chapter, maybe even after the introduction. I come from a traditional background of "The system shall..." approach to system requirements and incorporated them into a more agile approach. I have designed and completed successful projects that included hundreds of thousands of lines of code. I can tell you, those requirements were like hitching a piano to a ...             Elements of Programming8 reviews Alexander Stepanov, Paul McJones Addison-Wesley Professional, 2009 From ACM Risks Forum, vol 25 no 74 What could be one of the most important books for developers of low-risk systems has come to my attention, and deserves your consideration if you are serious about understanding the mathematical foundations of programming and applying them sensibly to your practice. It is not an easy read, but it is a very compelling approach. To support its mathematically oriented crispness, the book ...             Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture62 reviews Martin Fowler Addison-Wesley Professional, 2002 A fantastic pattern reference Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture is an absolutely indispensable reference - if you're in the business of writing Enterprise Applications. Clearly and articulately presented, with lots of hard-won wisdom and insight - it's more topically relevant than to enterprise applications than the gang of four, etc - and of equally high quality.             Agile Testing: A Practical Guide for Testers and Agile Teams14 reviews Lisa Crispin, Janet Gregory Addison-Wesley Professional, 2009 This book rocks!! I have never been a tester, but I have written some system test patterns so I have spent time learning from the best testers in a medium-sized organization. Here's the summary of the principles Lisa and Janet think are important for an agile tester: Provide continuous feedback; Deliver value to the customer; Enable face-to-face communication; Have courage; Keep it simple; Practice continuous ...             Professional Excel Development: The Definitive Guide to Developing Applications Using Microsoft Excel, VBA, ...33 reviews Rob Bovey, Dennis Wallentin, ... Addison-Wesley Professional, 2009 Continues where other books end A simple browse of the TOC will show you where this book is heading... A Professional Excel Developer. Not for the absolute beginner. Intermediates and Advanced Excel'ers will benefit greatly.             Android Wireless Application Development2 reviews Shane Conder, Lauren Darcey Addison-Wesley Professional, 2009 Exactly what I look for in a development book! As I have used Android more and more my developer sense started to tingle and I wanted to create my own Android app. I looked at a couple of development books but they all just seemed to be the same: how to install the development environment and then all about how great the Android is to develop for. Nothing I could find actually moved past walking you through your first app on the code side. So ...              search for books anniversary, application, applications, architecture, complexity, concurrency, definitive, developing, development, domain-driven, effective, engineering, enterprise, essential, improving, journeyman, man-month, microsoft, object-oriented, objective, objective-c, practical, pragmatic, professional, programmer, programming, refactoring, reference, succeeding, wireless books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. 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