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Head First Software Development

By Dan Pilone

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| Paperback | 9780596527358

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Book Description

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.

2 Reviews

Modern and complete

We used the book for a course on Software Development, and were really happy with the choice of chapters. After working through this you will be able to develop software in a team, manage surprises, and you will be able to implement an agile development environment without being nerdy about it. It's ... (continue)

We used the book for a course on Software Development, and were really happy with the choice of chapters. After working through this you will be able to develop software in a team, manage surprises, and you will be able to implement an agile development environment without being nerdy about it. It's a good book for hackers who want to have a shot at a real customer driven project.

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Lukas Eppler said on Feb 21, 2011 | Add your feedback

Must have!

Clear and concise. That's the way I would describe this book. It has helped me much on my way to be a much better developer (not programmer, do not confuse terms here...). The concepts are crystalline, and very much more understandable than in any other book I've read about the subject.
So, for ... (continue)

Clear and concise. That's the way I would describe this book. It has helped me much on my way to be a much better developer (not programmer, do not confuse terms here...). The concepts are crystalline, and very much more understandable than in any other book I've read about the subject.
So, for me, is a must have book in my library.

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toriwells said on Nov 8, 2008 | Add your feedback