No one can disparage the ability to write good code. At its highest levels, it is an art.
But no one can confuse writing good code with developing good software. The difference—in terms of challenges, skills, and compensation—is immense.
Coder to Developer helps you excel at the many non–coding tasks entailed, from start to finish, in just about any successful development project. What′s more, it equips you with the mindset and self–assurance required to pull it all together, so that you see every piece of your work as part of a coherent process. Inside, you′ll find plenty of technical guidance on such topics as:
To pull all of this together, the author has provided the source code for Download Tracker, a tool for organizing your collection of downloaded code, that′s used for examples throughout this book. The code is provided in various states of completion, reflecting every stage of development, so that you can dig deep into the actual process of building software. But you′ll also develop "softer" skills, in areas such as team management, open source collaboration, user and developer documentation, and intellectual property protection. If you want to become someone who can deliver not just good code but also a good product, this book is the place to start. If you must build successful software projects, it′s essential reading.
No one can disparage the ability to write good code. At its highest levels, it is an art.
But no one can confuse writing good code with developing good software. The difference—in terms of challenges, skills, and compensation—is immense.
Coder to Developer helps you excel at the many non–coding tasks entailed, from start to finish, in just about any successful development project. What′s more, it equips you with the mindset and self–assurance required to pull it all together, so that you see every piece of your work as part of a coherent process. Inside, you′ll find plenty of technical guidance on such topics as:
The developer material will not be new to anyone who reads joelonsoftware or any other programmer groups. You will still need to read the real books on these topics to get any use.
It's very .Net + c# specific and will date quickly as the tools mentioned disappear / change.
May be useful if you are new to Visual Studio or you have only read the "learning X in N days" type books and you need to bluff about software engineering topics.
Recommended for the new programmer or manager joining or leading a software development team. Also worth having a look over for established teams as a sanity check to make sure they are following the good advice and practises detailed here. As part of a busy software team myself it drew my attention to some alternative and new products we could be using for build management and continuous integration.
The author does a good job of rounding up a list of the various tools a dev team needs. This book will help put in place a productive environment and encourages you to put upfront effort into decidng on your own best practices.
This book is not a manual. It discusses the various things you should be thinking about to make sure you have the tools and processes available to create high quality software.
The author's writing style is very readable and the contents are very easy to digest - most of the suggestions amount to common sense.
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