| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 305 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
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PDF |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Style is substance / Ken Arnold -- Award for the silliest user interface--Windows Search / Leon Bambrick -- The pitfalls of outsourcing programmers / Michael Bean -- Excel as a database / Rory Blyth -- ICSOC04 talk / Adam Bosworth -- Autistic social software / danah boyd -- Why not just block the apps that rely on undocumented behavior? / Raymond Chen -- Kicking the llama / Kevin Cheng and Tom Chi -- Save Canada's internet from WIPO / Cory Doctorow -- EA, the human story / ea-spouse -- Strong typing vs. strong testing / Bruce Eckel -- Processing processing / Paul Ford -- Great hackers / Paul Graham -- The location field is the new command line / John Gruber -- Starbucks does not use two-phase commit / Gregor Hohpe -- Passion / Ron Jeffries -- C++--the forgotten Trojan horse / Eric Johnson -- How many Microsoft employees does it take to change a lightbulb? / Eric Lippert -- What to do when you're screwed / Michael "Rands" Lopp -- Larry's rules of software engineering #2--measuring testers by test metrics doesn't / Larry Osterman -- Team compensation / Mary Poppendieck -- Mac Word 6.0 / Rick Schaut -- A group is its own worst enemy / Clay Shirky -- Group as user : flaming and the design of social software / Clay Shirky -- Closing the gap, part 1 / Eric Sink -- Closing the gap, part 2 / Eric Sink -- Hazards of hiring / Eric Sink -- PowerPoint remix / Aaron Swartz -- A quick (and hopefully painless) ride through Ruby (with cartoon foxes) / why the lucky stiff. |
| Summary |
A collection of the best essays on Software Engineering of the recent past as selected by Joel Spolsky, besides being a best selling author, is a software industry veteran and one of the most respected figures in computing today. |
| Access |
University staff and students only. Requires University Computer Account login off-campus. |
| Subject |
Computer software -- Development.
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Computer programming.
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Programmation (Informatique) |
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computer programming. |
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Computer software -- Development. |
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Computer programming. |
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Computer programming. |
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Computer software -- Development. |
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Informatique. |
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Computer programming |
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Computer software -- Development |
| Added Author |
Spolsky, Joel.
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| Added Title |
Best software writing 1 |
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Best software writing one |
| In: |
OhioLINK electronic book center (OCoLC)180989150 |
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SpringerLink (OCoLC)43927870 |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Best software writing I. Berkeley, CA : Apress, ©2005 1590595009 9781590595008 (DLC) 2006296443 (OCoLC)60778722 |
| ISBN |
9781430200383 |
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1430200383 |
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1590595009 (Paper) |
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9781590595008 (Paper) |
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1280724773 |
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9781280724770 |
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6610724776 |
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9786610724772 |
| Standard No. |
10.1007/978-1-4302-0038-3 doi |
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9781590595008 |
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