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More Joel On Software: Further Thoughts On Diverse And Occasionally Related Matters That Will Prove Of Interest To Software Developers, Designers, And Managers, And To Those Who, Whether By Good Fortune Or Ill Luck, Work With Them In Some Capacity (2008)

by Joel Spolsky(Favorite Author)
3.94 of 5 Votes: 5
ISBN
1430209879 (ISBN13: 9781430209874)
languge
English
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publisher
Apress
review 1: Another book bundling Joel Spolky's thoughts on software development, software education, companies and stuff. Actually, it's a collection of blog posts published somewhere between 2000 - 2008.I like Joel. I like the way he writes. He must have been in 37Signals minds when they wrote in 'Getting Real': hire good writers. Joel is a good writer having the ability to explain difficult concepts in a language my father understands. On top of that he is funny at times.My favourite story from this book is where he tells about refactoring the code for fogbugz ('Rub a Dub Dub'). It's really comforting to see that even guys like him are "removing all formatting from HTML on putting it in CSS" or "removing all SQL statements from presentation code". Software grows, emerges, evolves. ... moreYou don't write genius code in one go. Only geniuses do. Not you. Not me. Not Joel.Read this one and his other blog collection book as well.
review 2: I'm pretty sure I had read at least half of this book before on Joel's blog (big surprise, it's a book of blog posts) but it was still interesting to read through this. As I'm in the beginning stages of a programming career I found myself mostly nodding and saying "Yes, that seems correct" a lot. This is definitely the kind of book I want to pick up again in 5 years and dive a little deeper into the thoughts behind it all. Great writer, great book. He sets a high bar for me, another Joel in the software world. I've got a lot of blogs to write. less
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hxapx
Loved the sequel as much as the first book - thought provoking and humorous.
arnaldo
Good, but not as good as the original book - Joel on software.
Vern
This book talks more on how to run a software team/company.
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