- Author: Robert L Read
- Format: online HTML
- Price: free
This book presents the basics of how to be a programmer, without being language specific. It is geared towards beginners, intermediate, and advanced level programmers, presenting many skills that are ignored in other programming books.
Chapters include:
- How to Debug by Splitting the Problem Space
- How to Remove an Error
- How to Debug Using a Log
- How to Understand Performance Problems
- How to Fix Performance Problems
- How to Optimize Loops
- How to Deal with I/O Expense
- How to Manage Memory
- How to Deal with Intermittent Bugs
- How to Learn Design Skills
- How to Conduct Experiments
- Why Estimation is Important
- How to Estimate Programming Time
- How to Find Out Information
- How to Utilize People as Information Sources
- How to Document Wisely
- How to Work with Poor Code
- How to Use Source Code Control
- How to Unit Test
- How to Recognize When to Go Home
- How to Deal with Difficult People
- How to Stay Motivated
- How to be Widely Trusted
- How to Tradeoff Time vs. Space
- How to Stress Test
- How to Balance Brevity and Abstraction
- How to Learn New Skills
- How to Do Integration Testing
- How to analyze data
- How to Manage Development Time
- How to Manage Third-Party Software Risks
- How to Manage Consultants
- How to Communicate the Right Amount
- How to Disagree Honestly and Get Away with It
- How to Tradeoff Quality Against Development Time
- How to Manage Software System Dependence
- How to Decide if Software is Too Immature
- How to Make a Buy vs. Build Decision
- How to Grow Professionally
- How to Evaluate Interviewees
- How to Know When to Apply Fancy Computer Science
- How to Talk to Non-Engineers
- How to Tell the Hard From the Impossible
- How to Utilize Embedded Languages
- How to Fight Schedule Pressure
- How to Understand the User
- How to Get a Promotion
- How to Develop Talent
- How to Choose What to Work On
- How to Get the Most From Your Teammates
- How to Divide Problems Up
- How to Handle Boring Tasks
- How to Gather Support for a Project
- How to Grow a System
- How to Communicate Well
- How to Tell People Things They Don’t Want to Hear
- How to Deal with Managerial Myths
- How to Deal with Organizational Chaos
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