Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 308 pages
- Published by: Developer.* Books March 30, 2006
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0977213307
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0977213306
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Book Dimensions:
9.2 x 7.4 x 0.8 inches
- Weighs: 1.2 pounds
Product Review
Bob Glass is one of these rare individuals in the
software business consistently worth listening to. --
Gerald M. Weinberg, 2005Bob's essays focus on the realities facing practitioners. --
Andrew Hunt, Pragmatic ProgrammersEntertaining, informative, and thought-provokingThere is food for thought for everyone. --
Professor Daniel E. Cooke, International Journal of software Engineering and Knowledge EngineeringEntertaining, informative, and thought-provokingfood for thought for everyone --
Don Chand, Computing ReviewsIn
software Conflict 2.0 Glass presents insights from some of the timeless debates in the field. --
Karl Wiegers, 2005
Product Description
Software Conflict 2.0: The Art and Science of
software Engineering updates and expands a neglected classic in the field. The nearly sixty essays in this book--always easily digestible, often profound, and never too serious--are the work of pioneer Robert L. Glass, 50 year
software veteran, and author or editor of more than 25 books, including the recent bestseller Facts and Fallacies of
software Engineering.
As loyal Glass readers have come to expect,
software Conflict 2.0 takes up large themes and important questions, never shying away from controversy. Robert Glass has a unique perspective, owing partly to his longevity in the field, partly to his breadth and depth of experience as a practitioner, and partly to his experiences on multiple continents crossing back and forth between the worlds of the university and the professional programming shop.
No matter what unique corner of the
software engineering world you call home--be it aerospace or e-commerce--whether you are a researcher, hardcore coder, consultant, or manager,
software Conflict 2.0 tackles questions and conflicts that you will recognize. Bob Glass's wide and deep perspective on the art and science of
software engineering will widen and deepen your own perspective.
Pragmatic Programmer Andy Hunt writes in his Foreword to this book, "Eleventh-century philosopher Pierre Abelard taught that, 'The beginning of wisdom is found in doubting; by doubting we come to the question, and by seeking we may come upon the truth.' Welcome to Bob's essays on
software conflict. Here you'll find the seeds of doubt, some underlying questions, and a fellow seeker." We couldn't agree more.
The first edition of
software Conflict was published circa 1990 and, until now, has been out of print for some time. Why? Mainly because that’s the normal pattern for
software books: a new book is hot when it hits the streets, but then trends change, paradigms shift, and eventually the publisher stops placing orders with the printer. As hundreds of new books are published every year, a real treasure can be buried in the shifting sands.
Sometimes the significance of a
software book transcends the endless cycle of trends and revolutions. In fact, some of the great
software books continue to be discussed even decades after their original publication. Why do people keep reading these "dated"
software engineering books?
Because the insights of these great books are timeless, as valid today as they were yesterday. Because these insights help us become better
software professionals, better researchers, better managers. And because the writings of a computing pioneer like Robert L. Glass might just reveal something about where we are today and where we’re headed.
Software Conflict 2.0 features six new essays by Robert Glass and a new Foreword by Andrew Hunt of the Pragmatic Programmers.
Reader ReviewsThis book is a collection of short, easy-to-read, yet thought-provoking essays by someone who's been in the field for decades. Essays are as-is from the first edition (1990) and then each section has an update for 2006. Some things have changed in software, but many have stayed the same. Read, think, talk with co-workers, see what any of these articles prompt you to do or change to make things better.
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