I highly recommend this book to everyone writing software, regardless of their level of. In this brilliantly readable book, author joel spolsky proposes simple, logical rules. This is one of my favorite programming books of alltime. Goodreads members who liked joel on software also liked. Heres a nonexhaustive list of things i learned more about. Best popular computer science books on goodreads 119 books. These articles are getting a bit dated, but joel is a great writer so they are always fun to read. For years, joel spolsky has done exactly this at now, for. Joel draws on a reallife catastrophea swarm of locusts devastating the land of judahto warn of the disaster that the day of yahweh will bring to those who do not repent. Fix bugs first before you move on to working on new features. Books ive read that i think you should read too musing, rants. Many of these articles have been collected into four books, available at your favorite bookstore. Thoughtless drivel written by some anonymous nonentity who really. Further thoughts on diverse and occasionally related matters that will prove of interest to software developers, designers, and managers, and to those who, whether by good fortune or ill luck, work with them in some capacity paperback.
Best popular computer science books on goodreads for purposes of this list, only include books with over 999 ratings and shelved at least 10 times as computer science. Recommendations from joel spolskyspolsky highlyreco. Even if you never read a single thing dave winer wrote in his 439 years. T houghtless drivel written by some anonymous nonentity who really. By the time we get started a lot of these books will be replaced with better books, i hope. Im joel spolsky, a software developer in new york city. Frankly if every anonymous post disappeared from the joel on software discussion group, the overall quality of the conversation would go up, way up, and the discussion would be way more interesting. Keeping microflocks of chickens by patricia foreman. Bill maher american comedian books recommended by art spiegelman books recommended. The book of joel is concerned with the day of yahweh, a coming time when god will judge the world and make all things right. However i learned plenty of stuff from joel on software and enjoyed the authors humour and approach on many topics.
Dave was the one who convinced me to blog, by blogging himself, and by creating what was, i think, the first public blogging platform at. Our data science team has scraped various signals e. This is a great list on software engineering books thanks for posting. There are maybe 40 posts and the book is about 350 pages. Heres a quick history of the technology behind joel on software. Jre library books mentioned on the joe rogan experience. Anything with less than ratings or shelved less than 10 times as computer science, will be removed. First published in 2004, joel on software contains 45 of the best articles from the site, from the early rants about hitandrun management to the 2004 classic. Best commentaries and books on joel logos bible software. Saving our children from naturedeficit disorder by richard louv. Making all posts independent makes it easy to pick up the book every now and then, read one, and move on. Books recommended by david heinemeier hansson books recommended by ev williams. In those cases, they dont really deserve our sympathy.
It is written with an audience of programmers in mind, but does not assume. User interface design for programmers apress, 2001 and joel on software apress, 2004. Book mentioned on the joe rogan experience podcast. Joel on software is a collection of joels blog posts. Outliers malcom gladwell ever wondered why is bill gates so successful. Eric sink on the business of software this is a classic book from a man who coined the term microisv. Now, you could just read them directly from the joel on software blog today, but i found the. Also, have you ever considered condensing your blog entries into a joel on software style book. Joel is a spectacular pragmatist and software business owner with deep knowledge of microsoft technologies. Books recommended by joel spolsky bookadvice reading list. Sometimes developers choose a niche thats either directly in the path of the vendor, or even worse, on the roadmap of the vendor. Find books like joel on software from the worlds largest community of readers.
One of the best contemporary books on software engineering. Bookadvice reading list favorite books of interesting. It has gone through ten printings and remains a bestseller today. Its an excellent way to read the site in the bath, or throw it at your boss. Optify we have taken a data science approach to mine the web and rank the top 40 software engineering books. Best software writing joel spolsky thats right, joel now occupies 10% of these 30 books. First published in 2004, joel on software contains 45 of the best articles from the site, from the early rants about hitandrun management to the 2004 classic how microsoft lost the api war, and everything in between. This book will bring you loads of ideas to improve your business, and will definitely change your views on many things related to technology, microsoft, development and. Books recommended by joel spolsky software developer, ceo stack exchange network, cofounder fog creek software and trello.
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