Seeing these classics discussed at all is awesome. Code Complete was (to me) revolutionary at the time. Though it may seem a bit dated now, it was a foundation

Seeing these classics discussed at all is awesome. Code Complete was (to me) revolutionary at the time. Though it may seem a bit dated now, it was a foundational work that much of what we take for granted was built on. I don't hear enough talk about Steve McConnell's other book "Rapid Development". http://www.amazon.com/Rapid-Development-Taming-Software-Schedules/dp/1556159005 http://www.amazon.com/Rapid-Development-Taming-Software-Sche... I just looked at its Amazon page and it has 5 stars with 115 reviews. That doesn't surprise me at all - it's well deserved. It came out well before the agile movement, and I would contend that it laid the foundation for it. I'm so glad I read that at the beginning of my career. As a junior developer, it helped me immensely and even more so over the years.