| The Best Software Writing I: Selected and Introduced by Joel Spolsky Corrected , Cor Edition Contributor(s): Spolsky, Avram Joel (Author) |
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ISBN: 1590595009 ISBN-13: 9781590595008 Publisher: Apress OUR PRICE: $49.49 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2005 Annotation: It's nice having a collection of high-quality writing related to software and the business in one place instead of trawling the Web for it. -- Meryl K. Evans, meryl.net & Slashdot Contributor ...an entertaining read with a number of enlightening insights into what I do for a living... -- Thomas Duff, Duffbert's Random Musings The whole book is fantastic though, and you should absolutely pick it up...in dead tree form. -- Garrett Rooney, Software Engineer and Author This is a book worth checking out, even if you're not a software developer. -- David Bindel, Tea Total Frustrated by the lack of well-written essays on software engineering, Joel Spolsky (of www.joelonsoftware.com fame) has put together a collection of his favorite writings on the topic. With a nod to both the serious and funny sides of technical writing, "The Best Software Writing I: Selected and Introduced by Joel Spolsky" is an entertaining read and a guide to the technical writing literati. "The Best Software Writing I" contains writings from: Ken Arnold Leon Bambrick Michael Bean Rory Blyth Adam Bosworth danah boyd Raymond Chen Kevin Cheng and Tom Chi Cory Doctorow ea_spouse Bruce Eckel Paul Ford Paul Graham John Gruber Gregor Hohpe Ron Jeffries Eric Johnson Eric Lippert Michael Lopp Larry Osterman Mary Poppendieck Rick Schaut Aaron Swartz Clay Shirky Eric Sink why the lucky stiff |
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| BISAC Categories: - Computers | Software Development & Engineering - General - Computers | Programming Languages - General - Computers | Compilers |
| Dewey: 005.1 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.08" W x 8.98" (0.90 lbs) 328 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Frustrated by the lack of well-written essays on software engineering, Joel Spolsky (of www.joelonsoftware.com fame) has put together a collection of his favorite writings on the topic. With a nod to both the serious and funny sides of technical writing, The Best Software Writing I: Selected and Introduced by Joel Spolsky is an entertaining read and a guide to the technical writing literati. The Best Software Writing I contains writings from:
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