/tag/Book

My Job Went To India

KOPANAS 963 days ago

Not my job… well… not yet at least… I hope.

Chad Fowler, a keynote for the upcoming CUSEC 2006 (Canadian University Software Engineering Conference), recently published a book titled “My Job Went To India”.

The title might be misleading. It is an excellent read and gives great suggestions on how a software engineer can better manage their career and personal development. A must read for anyone who wants to excel at there career in the software development world.

How to be a Programmer: A Short, Comprehensive, and Personal Summary

KOPANAS 951 days ago

An online book written and published under the GNU Free Documentation License by Robert Read. He wrote this book for all new hires of Hire.com, a company he works for.

He covers personal skills as well as team skills. This book is not just about programming but covers many areas of software engineering.

Software Engineering, Not Computer Science

KOPANAS 902 days ago

A sample chapter from one of Steve McConnell’s latest books entitled “Professional Software Development”. In this chapter Steve McConnell covers the difference between computer science and software engineering. A great read.

How To Think Like A Computer Scientist: Learning With Python

KOPANAS 867 days ago

Yeah, I know. Freshest software engineering, not computer science, information on the internet. But within every software engineer there is at least some computer scientist… to say the least.

Cool online book that teaches you python like if you learned it in a computer science course.

Type Theory and Functional Programming

KOPANAS 782 days ago

Simon Thompson’s has made his book titled “Type Theory and Functional Programming” available free for download for anyone who is interested in type theory and functional programming.

Book Of Algorithms

KOPANAS 744 days ago

A complete book of algorithms yet to be published is available online in PDF format. For those interested in algorithms this looks like it could be an interesting read.

The Little Book of Ruby

KOPANAS 744 days ago

Another free book. This one is an introduction to the programming language Ruby. Considering the book is free it looks really good.

Security Engineering

KOPANAS 674 days ago

“If you’re even thinking of doing any security engineering, you need to read this book” – Bruce Schneier