I have just received a new book: “Apprenticeship Patterns“: Skimming through the first pages I noticed the words in the 3rd column extending from the points in the 2nd column and thought, ‘Hmm, I have heard about these 2nd column points’… The following table popped up in my mind, which I would like to share [...]
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January 22, 2010 by marco · Comments Off
Filed under: Books, Software development
Social Tagging: agile • culture • development • Inspiration
Filed under: Books, Software development
Social Tagging: agile • culture • development • Inspiration
June 27, 2009 by marco · Comments Off
Filed under: Books, Softskills
Social Tagging: culture • people • team
Filed under: Books, Softskills
Social Tagging: culture • people • team
I have just finished the book ‘Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager’ by Michael Lopp and I would like to recap the idea behind the 2 identified types of ploblem solvers on a development team. These are their characteristics: Incrementalist: They are driven by constantly making small forward increments. They [...]
“37signals used the unconventional Getting Real process to launch five successful web-based applications (Basecamp, Campfire, Backpack, Writeboard, Ta-da List), and Ruby on Rails, an open-source web application framework, in just two years with no funding, no debt, and only 7 people.” From the book you learn how they are working. Make also sure to check [...]
Good site for agile practices: http://www.infoq.com Become member and download this book on Scrum: http://www.infoq.com/minibooks/scrum-xp-from-the-trenches
I came accross a nice blog with lots of cool links to layout related things. Start at http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/07/17/exploring-design-outstanding-start-pages/ and also visit links like ’50 Beautiful CSS-Based Web-Designs’ etc. in the category section. ——— To research for layouts, there is also a very good book series: The ‘Web Design Index’ comes out once a year. It [...]
June 28, 2007 by marco · Comments Off
Filed under: Books, Resources, Softskills, Software development, Tutorials
Filed under: Books, Resources, Softskills, Software development, Tutorials
I have often wondered why it is so difficult for non-developers (management, sales people, customers, inexperienced developers etc.) to understand the mechanics of software development, its life-cycle and the related elements like for example the importance of code-base quality, refactoring, versioning, unit testing, agile development practices, requirements management, project-wide standards, creating a productive, open and [...]
Linux Shell Scripting Tutorial – A Beginner’s handbook Goto: http://freeos.com/guides/lsst/
Goto: www.professionelle-softwareentwicklung-mit-php5.de/erste_auflage/
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