| Dreaming in Code: Two Dozen Programmers, Three Years, 4,732 Bugs, and One Quest for Transcendent Software Contributor(s): Rosenberg, Scott (Author) |
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ISBN: 1400082471 ISBN-13: 9781400082476 Publisher: Crown Currency OUR PRICE: $13.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2008 Annotation: Their story takes us through a maze of dead ends and exhilarating breakthroughs as they and their colleagues wrestle not only with the abstraction of code but with the unpredictability of human behavior, especially their own. Along the way, we encounter black holes, turtles, snakes, dragons, axe-sharpening, and yak-shaving--and take a guided tour through the theories and methods, both brilliant and misguided, that litter the history of software development, from the famous "mythical man-month" to Extreme Programming. Not just for technophiles but for anyone captivated by the drama of invention, Dreaming in Code offers a window into both the information age and the workings of the human mind. "From the Hardcover edition." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Computers | Software Development & Engineering - General - Computers | Social Aspects |
| Dewey: 005.1 |
| LCCN: 2010284418 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.2" W x 8" (0.80 lbs) 416 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Our civilization runs on software. Yet the art of creating it continues to be a dark mystery, even to the experts. To find out why it's so hard to bend computers to our will, Scott Rosenberg spent three years following a team of maverick software developers--led by Lotus 1-2-3 creator Mitch Kapor--designing a novel personal information manager meant to challenge market leader Microsoft Outlook. Their story takes us through a maze of abrupt dead ends and exhilarating breakthroughs as they wrestle not only with the abstraction of code, but with the unpredictability of human behavior-- especially their own. |