The Thoughtworks Anthology: Essays on Software Technology and Innovation by ThoughtWorks Inc.<br/> My rating: 3 of 5 stars I read this first volume after reading its successor. Compared with the latter, I found the first volume to be slightly disappointing. Like its successor, it’s a series of essays from Thoughtworks employees, including Martin Fowler. Whereas […]
Linkers and Loaders by John R. Levine My rating: 4 of 5 stars You may have written hundreds, maybe thousands of programs, but if you are like most programmers then everything that happens after the compilation is kind of mysterious. Why does the compiler have to create object files? What are they? What is this […]
Applying UML and Patterns: An Introduction to Object-Oriented Analysis and Design and Iterative Development by Craig Larman<br/> My rating: 5 of 5 stars Easily one of the best books on object-oriented design I’ve ever read. Through two case studies (a point-of-sale terminal application and a Monopoly game) the author goes through the entire process of […]