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Given the bad reviews of this book, could somebody recommend a good book about the topic at hand (software design)?
by axiosgunnar 5y ago
Given the bad reviews of this book, could somebody recommend a good book about the topic at hand (software design)?
- dgb23 5y agoNot specifically software design, but insofar related books that take the perspective of programmers with unique insights: - Coders at Work (Seibel) - Working in Public (Eghbal) The first one is very entertaining. Read it a couple years ago and found it gives some valuable perspective. The second one is on my reading list, it was recommended around these boards. Related to software design, there are many. The two that are on my recent list are: - Software Design for Flexibility (Sussman, Hanson) - A Philosophy of Software Design (Ousterhout) I can't comment personally on their content yet, still have to work through those two, but I have zero doubts to learn something valuable. Certainly consider them.
- amelius 5y agoThere's a video by Ousterhout titled "Can Great Programmers Be Taught?" from this year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgZ7Cxt5uIU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgZ7Cxt5uIU
- clumsysmurf 5y agoTwo books about to be published in this genre which I am excited about: (1) Software Development Pearls: Lessons from Fifty Years of Software Experience (Karl Weigers). I enjoyed his books on Requirements and Software Engineering Culture This zinger really applies to my work place "Lesson #7. The cost of recording knowledge is small compared to the cost of acquiring knowledge" (2) Code That Fits in Your Head: Heuristics for Software Engineering (Mark Seemann). His previous book on Dependency Injection was good