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If you are into the history of how it all came about, "The Dream Machine: J.C.R. Licklider and the revolution that made computing personal" is a good read. It is a little dense at times, but well worth the read. ISBN: 014200135X -nruest On Sep 9, 2009, at 4:15 PM, Jon Gorman wrote: > For those who enjoyed "The Mythical Man-Month" I'd also recommend > Peopleware (not the software, the book ;) ). > > Jon > > On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 2:58 PM, stuart > yeates<[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> I can't speak highly enough about "The Mythical Man-Month," by Fred >> P. >> Brooks (1975). >> >> Let's just say that when they issued the 20th anniversary edition, >> they >> didn't need to update the examples in the text. >> >> cheers >> stuart >> >> >> Sharon Foster wrote: >>>> >>>> From my software engineering days, I like Steve McConnell's "Code >>> >>> Complete" and "Software Project Survival Guide;" "The Mythical >>> Man-Month," by Fred P. Brooks; "Joel On Software" by Joel Spolsky >>> (who >>> also has a blog); and "The Elements of Programming Style," by >>> Kernigan >>> and Plauger. K&R is directed at the C programming language, but >>> there >>> are enough similarities in syntax with PHP, Java, and a lot of other >>> web developer languages that I think it's still relevant. >>> >>> Sharon M. Foster, JD, MLS >>> Technology Librarian >>> http://firstgentrekkie.blogspot.com/ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 12:12 PM, Robert Fox<[log in to unmask]> 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 >>>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Stuart Yeates >> http://www.nzetc.org/ New Zealand Electronic Text Centre >> http://researcharchive.vuw.ac.nz/ Institutional Repository >> ------------------------------------------------------------ Nick Ruest Digital Strategies Librarian McMaster University Mills Memorial Library 1280 Main Street West Hamilton, ON L8S 4L6 Phone: 905.525.9140 ext. 21276 Email: [log in to unmask] http://library.mcmaster.ca/contact/ruest-nicholas http://nruest.blog.lib.mcmaster.ca/ ------------------------------------------------------------ "Revolution is not something fixed in ideology, nor is it something fashioned to a particular decade. It is a personal process embedded in the human spirit." - Abbie Hoffman