Steve McConnell requires no introduction. Remember in Code Complete and Rapid Development Steve said Software Estimation really required a full book. Finally he found the time to aggregate all that has been written on the topic, sprinkle with his own wisdom and produce a Software Estimation guide intended for mere mortals rather than specialists in [...]
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Offshoring is here for good, get used to it. Only last month I sold my recently delivered ’07 BMW to an Indian working in the US. He is an off shoring specialist with no coding skills whatsoever! The offshoring trend is way more advanced than you probably think. Oh yes, he paid cash for the [...]
Is it possible for book to have a more niche title? Interestingly to broaden the market appeal examples are in both C# and VB.Net; I find it hard to believe anyone interested in reading a book on Generics cannot read C#. You have already read about Generics in Jeff Ricters’ CLR via C# and possibly [...]
All you really need to know is the following This is one of the best written technical books I have ever read, and is an excellent introduction to Team System If you have been working with Team System for some time this book is unlikely to teach you much, it is purely an introduction The [...]
This book is aimed at developers already experienced with .Net 1.0 and 1.1. It aims to offer a quick introduction to what is new in .Net 2.0 and VS 2005. The first chapter in the book covers C# 2.0 and the book is very much worth buying for this chapter alone. Features covered by the [...]
If you only buy one programming book in your life, buy this one. Many of you will have heard me rave about Code Complete and Rapid Development. These are both by Steve McConnell and my successful programming career owes an enormous debt to them, most of my ideas on projects seeded from these books. Back [...]
