Presentation Patterns: Techniques for Crafting Better Presentations

Computers & Technology

Ford, Neal

McCullough, Matthew

Schutta, Nathaniel

Software

Addison-Wesley Professional

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: 
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<li>Write the test before you write the code 
</li> <li>Manage the lifecycle of your objects fastidiously 
</li> <li>Build only what you need now, not what you might need later 
</li> <li>Apply ancient philosophies to software development 
</li> <li>Question authority, rather than blindly adhere to standards 
</li> <li>Make hard things easier and impossible things possible through meta-programming 
</li> <li>Be sure all code within a method is at the same level of abstraction 
</li> <li>Pick the right editor and assemble the best tools for the job </li> </ul>
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.

The Productive Programmer

Computer Science

O'Reilly Media

A reference for intermediate to advanced level Java developers helps them obtain the information and techniques needed to create mission critical JBuilder applications. (Intermediate-Advanced).

JBuilder 3 Unleashed

Williams, Casey

Azzouka, Talal

Programming

Sams.

Twenty-seven weekends a year, the No Fluff, Just Stuff conference rolls into another town, featuring the world's best technical speakers and writers. Up until now, you had to go to one of the shows to soak up their collective wisdom. Now, you can hold it in the palm of your hand. The No Fluff, Just Stuff Anthology represents topics presented on the tour, written by the speakers who created it. This book allows the authors the chance to go more in depth on the subjects for which they are passionate. It is guaranteed to surprise, enlighten, and broaden your understanding of the technical world in which you live.
The No Fluff, Just Stuff Symposium Series is a traveling conference series for software developers visiting 27 cities a year. No Fluff has put on over 75 symposia throughout the U.S. and Canada, with more than 12,000 attendees so far. Its success has been a result of focusing on high quality technical presentations, great speakers, and no marketing hype. Now this world-class material is available to you in print for the first time.

No Fluff, Just Stuff Anthology: The 2007 Edition

Pragmatic Bookshelf

Software architecture metrics are key to the maintainability and architectural quality of a software project and they can warn you about dangerous accumulations of architectural and technical debt early in the process. In this practical book, leading hands-on software architects share case studies to introduce metrics that every software architect should know. 
This isn't a book about theory. It's more about practice and implementation, about what has already been tried and worked. Detecting software architectural issues early is crucial for the success of your software: it helps mitigate the risk of poor performance and lowers the cost of repairing those issues. Written by practitioners for software architects and software developers eager to explore successful case studies, this guide will help you learn more about decision and measurement effectiveness. 
Through contributions from 10 prominent practitioners, this book shares key software architecture metrics to help you set the right KPIs and measure the results. You'll learn how to: Measure how well your software architecture is meeting your goals Choose the right metrics to track (and skip the ones you don't need) Improve observability, testability, and deployability Prioritize software architecture projects Build insightful and relevant dashboards

Software Architecture Metrics: Case Studies to Improve the Quality of Your Architecture

Keeling, Michael

Woods, Eóin

Lilienthal, Carola

Ciceri, Christian

Farley, Dave

Harmel-Law, Andrew

Rosa, João

Weiss, Rene

Zitzewitz, Alexander von

Head First Software Architecture: A Learner's Guide to Architectural Thinking

Richards, Mark

Gandhi, Raju

Fundamentals of Software Architecture: A Modern Engineering Approach

If you’re familiar with functional programming basics and want to gain a much deeper understanding, this in-depth guide takes you beyond syntax and demonstrates how you need to think in a new way. Software architect Neal Ford shows intermediate to advanced developers how functional coding allows you to step back a level of abstraction so you can see your programming problem with greater clarity.
Each chapter shows you various examples of functional thinking, using numerous code examples from Java 8 and other JVM languages that include functional capabilities. This book may bend your mind, but you’ll come away with a much better grasp of functional programming concepts.
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<li>Understand why many imperative languages are adding functional capabilities</li>
<li>Compare functional and imperative solutions to common problems</li>
<li>Examine ways to cede control of routine chores to the runtime</li>
<li>Learn how memoization and laziness eliminate hand-crafted solutions</li>
<li>Explore functional approaches to design patterns and code reuse</li>
<li>View real-world examples of functional thinking with Java 8, and in functional architectures and web frameworks</li>
<li>Learn the pros and cons of living in a paradigmatically richer world</li>
</ul>
If you’re new to functional programming, check out Josh Backfield’s book Becoming Functional.

Functional Thinking: Paradigm Over Syntax

The software development ecosystem is constantly changing, providing a constant stream of new tools, frameworks, techniques, and paradigms. Over the past few years, incremental developments in core engineering practices for software development have created the foundations for rethinking how architecture changes over time, along with ways to protect important architectural characteristics as it evolves. This practical guide ties those parts together with a new way to think about architecture and time.

Building Evolutionary Architectures: Support Constant Change

Parsons, Rebecca

Kua, Patrick

Networking & Cloud Computing

Salary surveys worldwide regularly place software architect in the top 10 best jobs, yet no real guide exists to help developers become architects. Until now. This book provides the first comprehensive overview of software architecture’s many aspects. Aspiring and existing architects alike will examine architectural characteristics, architectural patterns, component determination, diagramming and presenting architecture, evolutionary architecture, and many other topics.
Mark Richards and Neal Ford—hands-on practitioners who have taught software architecture classes professionally for years—focus on architecture principles that apply across all technology stacks. You’ll explore software architecture in a modern light, taking into account all the innovations of the past decade.
This book examines:
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Architecture patterns: The technical basis for many architectural decisions</li>
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Components: Identification, coupling, cohesion, partitioning, and granularity</li>
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Soft skills: Effective team management, meetings, negotiation, presentations, and more</li>
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Modernity: Engineering practices and operational approaches that have changed radically in the past few years</li>
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Architecture as an engineering discipline: Repeatable results, metrics, and concrete valuations that add rigor to software architecture</li>
</ul>

Fundamentals of Software Architecture: An Engineering Approach

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