Java Concurrency in Practice51 reviews Brian Goetz, Tim Peierls, ... Addison-Wesley Professional, 2006 The best book on Java concurrency out there. + Superb book. + Excellent primer for an oft overlooked and misunderstood topic + Excellent book for Java 1.5 Concurrency + Best Java Concurrency Book -must read.             Death March (2nd Edition) (Yourdon Press Series)70 reviews Edward Yourdon Prentice Hall PTR, 2003 Try to never need this book - but when you need it, buy it! + A critical view from a software engineering advocate The very first page of this book defines what the author means by a "Death March"; any project whose project parameters exceeds the norm by more than fifty percent. In essence, this book is meant to help you in those unpleasant circumstances when you've got half the amount of time, half the amount ...             Agile Software Development, Principles, Patterns, and Practices (Alan Apt Series)33 reviews Robert C. Martin Prentice Hall, 2002 Very deserving in it's own right. + An excellent introduction by examples + Are you part of the problem or are you part of the solution in the disaster that is software development? + It's a great book + Good book             Code Craft: The Practice of Writing Excellent Code12 reviews Pete Goodliffe No Starch Press, 2006 A great book for a beginning pragmatic programmer + Become A Better Developer With Code Craft + Code Complete This one is a very good book. It is essentially a book in natural philosophy, not quite "scientific", coming from observation to show you a little bit of everything. An insight to the entire world of programming if you like. It goes from bottom up, from coding style through techniques and tools ...             Organizational Patterns of Agile Software Development13 reviews James O. Coplien, Neil B. Harrison Prentice Hall PTR, 2004 Outstanding book about sociology in software development + Gives you a really practical leg up in implementing and improving Agile team structures and organization + James Coplien has outdone himself + Breaks the complexity of agile into understandable parts + Essential for Software Managers and Engineers             Understanding SOA with Web Services (Independent Technology Guides)11 reviews Eric Newcomer, Greg Lomow Addison-Wesley Professional, 2004 Excellent view of SOA and how Web Services fit in + Practical SOA Book + A word of reason in the super-hyped world of SOA + Will save you a lot of time + Compulsory reading             Analysis Patterns: Reusable Object Models (Addison-Wesley Object Technology Series)15 reviews Martin Fowler Addison-Wesley Professional, 1996 Study, don't just read this book. + A bit dated in a few spots, but quite good. + The only "practical" book on deciding which design to use + Truly Unique, Extremely Valuable Entry             Object-Oriented Analysis and Design with Applications (2nd Edition) (The Benjamin/Cummings Series in ...37 reviews Grady Booch Addison-Wesley Professional, 1993 copiously explained examples + Nothings perfect. Irrespective, this should be on every OO programmers bookshelf. + Quite simply, a 'most have' for any serious collection. + A favorite re-readable book for OO Analysis and Design             Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture Volume 2: Patterns for Concurrent and Networked Objects22 reviews Douglas Schmidt, Michael Stal, ... Wiley, 2000 Simply the best + Essential reading for programmers in its domain + Good Patterns Hidden in Excessive Verbiage If you really want to understand concurrent networked systems, this is the book. It codifies things that have only been known as "black magic" in the past. I have used these concepts in code that I have written, and the results are amazing. It is quite focused on ACE, so you will get the most ...             Java(TM) Programming Language, The (4th Edition) (Java Series)69 reviews Ken Arnold, James Gosling, ... Prentice Hall PTR, 2005 What a book! + I am very satisfied with this book + If you're comfortable with programming .. + The reference book of the Java programming language (up to J2SE 5.0)             Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture Volume 1: A System of Patterns16 reviews Frank Buschmann, Regine Meunier, ... Wiley, 1996 The second best pattern book + Amazing book + #2 best book about patterns ? yes. + Clear and wide-ranging             Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering (Agile Software Development)26 reviews Robert L. Glass Addison-Wesley Professional, 2002 Controversial but good + Useful summary book to core software engineering methodology + Pearls of wisdom, business reader friendly + Insightful and Painful             The Relational Model for Database Management: Version 21 review E. F. Codd Addison Wesley Publishing Company, 1990 From the creator of relational databases Dr. Codd, an IBM researcher, first developed the relational data model in 1970 (eg., A relational model of data for large shared data banks: 1970 Communications of the ACM Vol 136:377-387) and spawned a whole industry. In this 1990 book, Codd introduces "Version 2", where he collects a number of ...             Agile Software Development: The Cooperative Game (2nd Edition) (Agile Software Development Series)3 reviews Alistair Cockburn Addison-Wesley Professional, 2006 Well Deserved Jolt Award + Any needing a basic introduction to Agile principles, history, and construction must have this. + useful if you don't get into XP I picked this book up because of the Jolt Award. I was amazed as what I read. I give kudos to anyone who tries to apply game theory to their decision making process. This has grown to be the accepted way economists discuss decisions between agents, so why shouldn't we apply that to architecture ...             Object-Oriented Design Heuristics27 reviews Arthur J. Riel Addison-Wesley Professional, 1996 Challenge what you know about OOA/D + Perfect for experienced OO developers + Every OO development team should have this book! + I've been searching for good books on design patterns...             Data Modeling Essentials, Third Edition21 reviews Graeme Simsion, Graham Witt Morgan Kaufmann, 2004 Poor service from Amazon + Great price + Good, detailed book I ordered this product from Amazon along with the "bonus" part 2 book, for which I paid an additional $20, but despite emails and telephone calls have never seen the "bonus" part 2             The Fix Guide1 review FIX Protocol Ltd. Xlibris Corporation, 2005 Using FIX for fixed income trading The FIX Guide was written by 30 financial services professionals. It details the methods of connecting to counterparties, choosing FIX engines and networks, testing an implementation, training and a model "rules of engagement" for use with counterparties. Diagrams are included that outline ...             Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams (Second Edition)78 reviews Tom DeMarco, Timothy Lister Dorset House Publishing Company, Incorporated, 1999 Important Read For Contrarian Reasons + A must for project managers + People Matter + commentary on team dynamics             Object Design: Roles, Responsibilities, and Collaborations (Addison-Wesley Object Technologiey Series)12 reviews Rebecca Wirfs-Brock, Alan McKean Addison-Wesley Professional, 2002 Very Good Text on Object Design, A great first text on OO design, Total Disappointment for experienced Programmers + Developer, Programmer, and System Modeler + OO-Collaborations Perspective I have to agree with some earlier reviews on this book. 1. Very Good Text on Object Design, 2. A great first text on OO design, 3. Total Disappointment for Programmers This is a great book on Object Oriented Design, but ONLY for novice and intermediate object modelers. It is not for an ...             The Rational Unified Process Made Easy: A Practitioner's Guide to the RUP (Addison-Wesley Object Technology ...14 reviews Per Kroll, Philippe Kruchten Addison-Wesley Professional, 2003 The Pragmatic RUP Introduction + I write much better software now + A Practical guide to RUP + You need this book if you're doing RUP