I haven't read it yet, but Coders at Work is getting a lot of good press. Here's a slashdot review (http://books.slashdot.org/story/09/09/02/1331233/Coders-At-Work). They interview a bunch of 'famous' coders who talk about their craft.
joe On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 11:12 AM, Robert Fox<rf...@nd.edu> wrote: > Since this list has librarians, hard core programmers and hybrid librarian > programmers on it, this is probably a good place to ask this sort of question. > > I'm looking for some book recommendations. I've read a lot of technical books > on how to work with specific kinds of technology, read a lot of online > technical "how tos" and that has been good as far as it goes. But, technology > changes too fast to be wed to one particular programming language, database > technology, metadata standard, etc. I'm interested in finding books that > speak to the issues of programming methodology, design principles, lessons > learned, etc. that transcend any particular programming technology. Are there > good books that distill the wisdom and experience of veteran developers and > /or communicate best practices for things like design patterns, overall > software architecture, learning from mistakes, the developer mindset and such > things? > > Could you recommend perhaps the top three or four books you've read in these > areas? > > Rob Fox > Hesburgh Libraries > University of Notre Dame > -- "Live to the point of tears" Camus http://neolib.wordpress.com Twitter: joesmorgan
