Author: stanley

  • Dynamics of Software Development by McCarthy

    A great book for project managers! Unfortunately, I’m not there yet. 🙁 A great list of good practices and softaware development tips. What I also liked, besides the tips, was the author’s style of writing. It’s great. Simple sentences, a lot of energy. I plan to re-read this book in a year or two.

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  • Soft-Eng World in Nov-04

    Would you want to see the most interesting software-engineering stuff that I came across each month? What do I mean by “stuff?” Books, articles, events, and anything related to software engineering that was worth my time. I’m going to try to do that in this category. Interesting Reads – or Readings of the Month! Reading…

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  • Tips for Clearer Writing

    How do you make your revisions of sentences, paragraphs, ideas easier to understand? Brian Marick has several tips on revision. I think they’re very good.

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  • Definitions of Peer Review, Walkthrough, Inspection

    Do you know the differences? If not, read this short post by Johanna Rothman. You will have a clear picture after you read it. Peer review: An author asks a peer to read, comment, and critique a work artifact. Walkthrough: An author presents the work artifact to others. Inspection: An author requests the services of…

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  • Booch on Software-Eng

    <?php displayQuote("Grady Booch", "Solid software engineering practices never go out of style (crisp abstractions, clear separation of concerns, balanced distribution of responsibilties)", "great software architect in recent post.”); ?>

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  • Will not ship shit!

    Software Crafstmanship defined. Defined by nobody else but by a true craftsman himself, Uncle Bob. This entry was so good and so relevant to this blog that I had to include it in full. Read it and re-read it often. I will. Uncle Bob’s Software Craftsmanship CornerWe will not ship shit.by Robert C. MartinJuly 15,…

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  • Creativity

    A creative person does things that have never been done before. Intelligence is the ability to learn and the ability to think. Personality traits is what distinguishes creative from non-creative people. Personality traits associated with creativity: diligent, stubborn, eccentric, reclusive, not religious, enjoys work. These are just a few points taken from Creativity in Science…

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  • Simplifying J2EE

    Do you think J2EE is complex? Do you think having many different frameworks, different APIs, and many different specifications help or hurt it? Do you think not having a single, one-way avenue for an inexperienced developer helps? I don’t. In this article, Simplifying Complexities of J2EE, Debu Panda gives you several arguments why J2EE should…

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  • Developing Enterprise Java Applications with J2EE and UML by Ahmed, Umrysh

    Excellent title! But that’s about the only thing that’s excellent, the content is so so. There are better books that cover J2EE in more detail.

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