The Rise and Resurrection of the American Programmer Hardcover Book

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Condition
Like New: A book in excellent condition. Cover is shiny and undamaged, and the dust jacket is ...
Subject Area
Computer Science
Field of Study
Computer & IT
Custom Bundle
No
Educational Level
Vocational School, Adult & Further Education, High School
Personalized
No
Features
Dust Jacket
Level
Intermediate
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Modified Item
No
Subject
Theory, Computer Science
ISBN
9780131218314
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Prentice Hall PTR
ISBN-10
013121831X
ISBN-13
9780131218314
eBay Product ID (ePID)
12038266633

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
318 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Rise and Resurrection of the American Programmer
Subject
Industries / Computers & Information Technology, Programming / General, Software Development & Engineering / General
Publication Year
1996
Type
Textbook
Author
Edward Yourdon
Subject Area
Computers, Business & Economics
Series
Yourdon Press Computing Ser.
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
25.9 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.3 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number
1
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
96-004339
Dewey Edition
21
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Decimal
005.1
Table Of Content
I. DECLINE AND FALL, REEXAMINED. 1. The Original Premise. An Update of the Original Premise. What Do Software Customers Really Want? Conclusion. 2. Peopleware. The Basic Concept. Breaking the Social Contract. Other Changes in Peopleware. Strategic Implications. 3. The Other Silver Bullets. Software Process Improvement. Object Technology. Software Reuse. Software Metrics. Summary and Conclusions. II. REPAVING COWPATHS. 4. System Dynamics. Models of Software Processes. Visual Models. Some Examples. War Games. Summary and Conclusions. 5. Personal Software Practices. The Concept of Personal Software Processes. The Practicality of the PSP. Summary and Conclusions. 6. Best Practices. What Are Best Practices? Best Practices at DOD. Worst Practices. Implementing Best Practices. Summary and Conclusion. 7. Good-Enough Software. The Concept of Good Enough. What Prevents Us from Building Good-Enough Software? Defending Good-Enough Software. Building Good-Enough Software. The Implications for American Software. Summary and Conclusions. III. THE BRAVE NEW WORLD. 8. Service Systems. Why Do We Recreate the Same Old Stuff? Core Systems, Infrastructure Systems, and Service Systems. Strategic Implications. The Impact on the American Programmer. 9. The Internet. Who Cares? Why This Matters to the Average Programmer. Who's Going to Win the Internet Race? 10. Java and the New Internet Programming Paradigm. What Is Java All About? The Java Environment. The Java Language. Alternatives and Competitors. Strategic Implications. Summary and Conclusions. 11. The Microsoft Paradigm. Microsoft's Approach to Software Development. The Dark Side of the Force. Into the Belly of the Beast. 11.4 Peopleware at Microsoft. Development Practices at Microsoft. 12. Embedded Systems and Brave New Worlds. Why Embedded Systems? Some Potential Examples. Trends and Implications. Who Will Prevail in the Field of Embedded Systems? 13. Past, Present, and Future. Appendix: An Updated Programmer's Bookshelf. Index.
Synopsis
The author reviews what he considers to be the new generation of programmers. In doing so he aims to help programmers understand the new technologies, industries and applications they should be involved with at the end of the 20th century.
LC Classification Number
QA76.6.Y668 1996

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