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Head First Software Development View Larger Image | Dan Pilone, Russ Miles
O'Reilly Media, Paperback, Published December 2007, 600 pages, ISBN 0596527357 | List Price: $49.99
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Even the best developers have seen well-intentioned software projects fail
-- often because the customer kept changing requirements, and end users didn't
know how to use the software you developed. Instead of surrendering to these
common problems, let Head First Software Development guide you through
the best practices of software development. Before you know it, those failed
projects will be a thing of the past.
With its unique visually rich format, this book pulls together the hard lessons
learned by expert software developers over the years. You'll gain essential
information about each step of the software development lifecycle -- requirements,
design, coding, testing, implementing, and maintenance -- and understand why
and how different development processes work.
This book is for you if you are:
- Tired of your customers assuming you're psychic. You'll learn not only how
to get good requirements, but how to make sure you're always building the
software that customers want (even when they're not sure themselves)
- Wondering when the other 15 programmers you need to get your project done
on time are going to show up. You'll learn how some very simple scheduling
and prioritizing will revolutionize your success rate in developing software.
- Confused about being rational, agile, or a tester. You'll learn not only
about the various development methodologies out there, but how to choose a
solution that's right for your project.
- Confused because the way you ran your last project worked so well, but failed
miserably this time around. You'll learn how to tackle each project individually,
combine lessons you've learned on previous projects with cutting-edge development
techniques, and end up with great software on every project.
Head First Software Development is here to help you learn in a way
that your brain likes... and you'll have a blast along the way. Why pick up
hundreds of boring books on the philosophy of this approach or the formal techniques
required for that one? Stick with Head First Software Development,
and your projects will succeed like never before. Go on, get started... you'll
learn and have fun. We promise.
About the Author
Dan Pilone is a Senior Software Architect with Blueprint Technologies, Inc.
and a mediocre rock climber. He has designed and implemented systems for Hughes,
ARINC, UPS, and the Naval Research Laboratory. He also teaches project management,
software design, and software engineering at The Catholic University in Washington
D.C.
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