Programming Beyond Practices: Be More Than Just a Code Monkey Contributor(s): Brown, Gregory (Author) |
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ISBN: 1491943823 ISBN-13: 9781491943823 Publisher: O'Reilly Media OUR PRICE: $28.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Computers | Programming - Open Source - Computers | Enterprise Applications - General - Computers | Programming Languages - General |
Dewey: 005.1 |
LCCN: 2017303868 |
Physical Information: 0.2" H x 6.9" W x 9.2" (0.40 lbs) 130 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Writing code is the easy part of your work as a software developer. This practical book lets you explore the other 90%--everything from requirements discovery and rapid prototyping to business analysis and designing for maintainability. Instead of providing neatly packaged advice from on high, author Gregory Brown presents detailed examples of the many problems developers encounter, including the thought process it takes to solve them. He does this in an unusual and entertaining fashion by making you the main character in a series of chapter-length stories. As these stories progress, the examples become more complex, and your responsibilities increase. Together, these stories take you on a journey that will make you question and refine the way you think about, and work on, software projects. Steps in this unique journey include:
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Contributor Bio(s): Brown, Gregory T.: - Gregory Brown has run the independently published Practicing Ruby journal since 2010, and is the original author of the popular Prawn PDF generation library. Gregory Brown has run the independently published Practicing Ruby journal since 2010, and is the original author of the popular Prawn PDF generation library.In his consulting projects, Gregory has worked with key stakeholders in companies of all sizes to identify core business problems that can be solved with as little code as possible.Gregory's relentless focus on the 90% of programming work that isn't just writing code is what lead him to begin working on Programming Beyond Practices. |