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The Productive Programmer View Larger Image | Neal Ford
O'Reilly Media, Paperback, Published July 2008, 222 pages, ISBN 0596519788 | List Price: $39.99
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Anyone who develops software for a living needs a proven way to produce it better,
faster, and cheaper. The Productive Programmer offers critical timesaving and
productivity tools that you can adopt right away, no matter what platform you
use. Master developer Neal Ford not only offers advice on the mechanics of productivity-how
to work smarter, spurn interruptions, get the most out your computer, and avoid
repetition-he also details valuable practices that will help you elude common
traps, improve your code, and become more valuable to your team. You'll learn
to:
• Write the test before you write the code
• Manage the lifecycle of your objects fastidiously
• Build only what you need now, not what you might need later
• Apply ancient philosophies to software development
• Question authority, rather than blindly adhere to standards
• Make hard things easier and impossible things possible through meta-programming
• Be sure all code within a method is at the same level of abstraction
• Pick the right editor and assemble the best tools for the job
This isn't theory, but the fruits of Ford's real-world experience as an Application
Architect at the global IT consultancy ThoughtWorks. Whether you're a beginner
or a pro with years of experience, you'll improve your work and your career
with the simple and straightforward principles in The Productive Programmer.
About the Author
Neal Ford is an Application Architect at ThoughtWorks, a global IT consultancy
with an exclusive focus on end-to-end software development and delivery. Before
joining ThoughtWorks, Neal was the Chief Technology Officer at The DSW Group,
Ltd., a nationally recognized training and development firm. Neal has a degree
in Computer Science from Georgia State University specializing in languages
and compilers and a minor in mathematics specializing in statistical analysis.
He is also the designer and developer of applications, instructional materials,
magazine articles, video presentations, and author of the books Developing with
Delphi: Object-Oriented Techniques (Prentice-Hall, 1996), JBuilder 3 Unleashed
(Sams, 1999) (as the lead author), Art of Java Web Development (Manning, 2003),
and No Fluff, Just Stuff Anthology: The 2006 Edition (editor and contributor).
His language proficiencies include Java, C#/.NET, Ruby, Object Pascal, C++,
and C. His primary consulting focus is the design and construction of large-scale
enterprise applications. Neal has taught on-site classes nationally and internationally
to all phases of the military and to many Fortune 500 companies. He is also
an internationally acclaimed speaker, having spoken at numerous developer conferences
worldwide.If you have an insatiable curiosity about Neal, visit his web site
at http://www.nealford.com. He welcomes feedback and can be reached at nford@thoughtworks.com.
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