Software Best Practices

April 2007 marked the release of the Object-Oriented Analysis & Design with Applications, 3rd edition by Grady Booch et.al. For many, this book was the one that first turned them on to object-orientation as more than just a particular programming language or two, but as an overall way of thinking...

I just received a copy of " Release It! Design and Deploy Production-Ready Software " by Michael Nygard . This looks to be yet another winner from the PragmaticProgrammers ' Pragmatic Bookshelf. In fact it made #1 on Amazon.com's "Hot New Releases" list for Design Tools and...

Charles Betz' book Architecture and Patterns for IT Service Management, Resource Planning, and Governance: Making Shoes for the Cobbler's Children really ought to be required reading for anyone that fancies themselves a "CM professional" (especially Software CM) or an "Enterprise...

Nostarch Press recently published the book Code Craft: The Practice of Writing Excellent Code by Pete Goodelife. I have to say the book looks pretty "excellent" itself. It may even become a new classic, replacing the old classic " Writing Solid Code " by Steve MacGuire. And if Steve...