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Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction 99 reviews
Steve McConnell
Microsoft Press, 2004
Best of the Best
+ good book
+ An Important Read
+ Invaluable, Well Presented Information
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Beyond Chaos: The Expert Edge in Managing Software Development (ACM Press) 7 reviews
Larry L. Constantine
Addison-Wesley Professional, 2001
Great for browsing or as a straight read
+ Software project management issues and solutions
+ Great thought-invokers
+ A Must Have For Team Leaders
+ Great for browsing or as a straight read
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Effective Java: Programming Language Guide (Java Series)120 reviews
Joshua Bloch
Addison-Wesley, 2001
Great Guide
+ Indispensable...
+ Great recommendations
+ Thing of Beauty is Joy Forever ...
+ Best Java book available
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Software Architect Bootcamp (2nd Edition) 29 reviews
Thomas J. Mowbray, Raphael Malveau
Prentice Hall PTR, 2003
The only book to read to learn what an Architect does
+ An absolute "must-have" instructional and reference
+ An overview of the field of software architecture
Do you know what an architect does? In the programming world, this title Architect is defined in many different ways, some that are too low level that they are really just designers, and not architects, in the traditional sense of the word. An Architect not only looks at technologies and decides ...
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Data Replication: Tools and Techniques for Managing Distributed Information2 reviews
Marie Buretta
John Wiley & Sons, 1997
"The Only Game in Town" situation keeps it from being a 10
+ Soup to Nuts
It's tough to find an entire book on the subject of replication. Most database books give only a chapter's worth of lip service to the topic, if that much, and then move on to the other "important" chapters. I can't even count how many "advanced" database books I have that devote an entire ...
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Learning GNU Emacs, Third Edition24 reviews
Debra Cameron, James Elliott, ...
O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2004
A Professional Book for Professional Programmers
+ Add to Your Private Collection of Emacs Documentation
+ The road less traveled
+ Doesn't cover everything, but I've been using Emacs for 3 years and learned a lot here
+ Respects the intellect of one motivated enough to learn Emacs and enables mastery of the tool
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Project and Program Risk Management: A Guide to Managing Project Risks and Opportunities (PMBOK Handbooks) ... 6 reviews
Project Management Institute, 1992
Well written introduction to probability and risk management
+ Good, but mostly common sense
+ Project managers book to keep
My mentor and colleague is fond of chiding me to "roll the dice". However, he is well versed in probability and risk management, so what he is really attempting to get me to do is to take *calculated* risks. I hate math, but knew that I had to overcome that if I wanted to take the next step in my ...
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Unix System V Release 4: Programmer's Guide : ANSI C and Programming Support Tools (AT&T UNIX System V, ...
Prentice Hall, 1992
A full explanation of the STREAMS I/O facilities, this guide details how to use those facilities for writing UNIX System V kernel modules and device drivers. STREAMS is a general, flexible facility for the development of input/output services in UNIX System V. This book is a comprehensive guide to STREAMS for network and system programmers, including the latest information on: STREAMS programming ...
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Java Thread Programming (Sams White Book)28 reviews
Paul Hyde
Sams, 1999
A particularly easy to understand book
+ Deals with the subject!!!
+ Clear and Concise! Excellent book for beginners in Java.
+ Excellent Book for learning Threads in JAVA
+ Very clean intro but a bit dated
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Architecting with RM-ODP (Software Architecture Series)4 reviews
Janis R. Putman
Prentice Hall PTR, 2000
RM-ODP Finally Explained !!
+ VERY comprehensive...
Reference Model of Open Distributed Processing Wow. In a word. This is the definitive source on comprehending the RM-ODP specifications. If you are a Software Architect and are considering the RM-ODP school - this is the book for you. I have only just completed my first pass through this 800+ page ...
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Learning the bash Shell (In a Nutshell (O'Reilly))32 reviews
Cameron Newham
O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2005
Outstanding in every way
+ Very useful
+ Exelent Book!!
+ Great book
+ It's a book on shell scripting
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The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master128 reviews
Andrew Hunt, David Thomas
Addison-Wesley Professional, 1999
A Fork in the Road of my Career
+ Must-read for anyone working with or creating software
+ A must read for every programmer
+ needed knowledge
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Practical C Programming, 3rd Edition50 reviews
Steve Oualline
O'Reilly Media, Inc., 1997
Perfect for beginners, but recommend a second book!
+ great for self-learners
+ A very good book for beginners...
First of all, this book was absolutely wonderful. It did a very good job teaching me how to write C with very little knowledge of the language. However, there were some things that the author did (and skipped over) that are cleared up in "The C Programming Language", by Dennis Ritchie. I would ...
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Software Project Management: A Unified Framework (Addison-Wesley Object Technology Series)22 reviews
Walker Royce
Addison-Wesley Professional, 1998
Outstanding collection of advanced technqiues
+ Business case for an iterative process
+ Well Written Book For Big Process Needs
+ Very readable Project management book
+ Hurt feelings don't merit a bad review.
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Software Architect Bootcamp (2nd Edition)29 reviews
Thomas J. Mowbray, Raphael Malveau
Prentice Hall PTR, 2003
The only book to read to learn what an Architect does
+ An absolute "must-have" instructional and reference
+ An overview of the field of software architecture
Do you know what an architect does? In the programming world, this title Architect is defined in many different ways, some that are too low level that they are really just designers, and not architects, in the traditional sense of the word. An Architect not only looks at technologies and decides ...
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Data Replication: Tools and Techniques for Managing Distributed Information2 reviews
Marie Buretta
John Wiley & Sons, 1997
"The Only Game in Town" situation keeps it from being a 10
+ Soup to Nuts
It's tough to find an entire book on the subject of replication. Most database books give only a chapter's worth of lip service to the topic, if that much, and then move on to the other "important" chapters. I can't even count how many "advanced" database books I have that devote an entire ...
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Learning the bash Shell (In a Nutshell (O'Reilly))32 reviews
Cameron Newham
O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2005
Outstanding in every way
+ Very useful
+ Exelent Book!!
+ Great book
+ It's a book on shell scripting
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Unix System V Release 4: Programmer's Guide : ANSI C and Programming Support Tools (AT&T UNIX System V, ...
Prentice Hall, 1992
A full explanation of the STREAMS I/O facilities, this guide details how to use those facilities for writing UNIX System V kernel modules and device drivers. STREAMS is a general, flexible facility for the development of input/output services in UNIX System V. This book is a comprehensive guide to STREAMS for network and system programmers, including the latest information on: STREAMS programming ...
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Beyond Chaos: The Expert Edge in Managing Software Development (ACM Press)7 reviews
Larry L. Constantine
Addison-Wesley Professional, 2001
Great for browsing or as a straight read
+ Software project management issues and solutions
+ Great thought-invokers
+ A Must Have For Team Leaders
+ Great for browsing or as a straight read
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The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master128 reviews
Andrew Hunt, David Thomas
Addison-Wesley Professional, 1999
A Fork in the Road of my Career
+ Must-read for anyone working with or creating software
+ A must read for every programmer
+ needed knowledge
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