The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master
By Andrew Hunt
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- Started reading:
- Tue, 20 Dec 2005 12:00:00 +0000
- Finished reading:
- Wed, 21 Dec 2005 12:00:00 +0000
Review
Rating: 9
I read this book on my flight from New York to Munich in one go. Andrew Hunt and David Thomas managed to light that spark of hope inside of me that there may be a silver bullet after all. They draw an abstract view on software development, they help us step back to take a look at ourselves and how we’re doing things. They explain the world around the software developer and show why it is important to explain the process and not only the tools used to produce code. They inspired me to read “Extreme Programming Explained” by Kent Beck, to join IEEE and utilize their library to learn from the experience of fellow software developers. As with my first computer book, “The Pragmatic Programmer” is by no means as insightful as “The Mythical Man Month” or as complete as “Code Complete”, but it is inspiring in it’s mission to make programmers deliver better software to the world.
I’d definitely recommend this book to any programmer who hasn’t read a book about software development for some time and is just not satisfied with the way software is created nowadays.
