Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 005.1 EAN: 9780071490832 ISBN: 0071490833 Label: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 352 Publication Date: February 21, 2008 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Sales Rank: 436003 Studio: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
A-list Programmers Reveal How to Develop Breakout Skills
Find out what it takes to push your programming chops to the next level and design killer software by getting inside the minds of today's rock star programmers:
Rod Johnson, Inventor of the Spring Framework
Adrian Colyer, Pioneer of Aspect Oriented Programming Tools, Project Lead of AspectJ
Java Posse--Tor Norbye, Joe Nuxoll, Carl Quinn, and Dick Wall
Chris Wilson, Lead Architect of Microsoft Internet Explorer
Nikhil Kothari, Architect of ASP.NET AJAX
Hani Suleiman, Author of 'The Bile Blog'
James Gosling, Father of Java
Kohsuke Kawaguchi, Creator of the Hudson Continuous Integration Tool
Herb Schildt, The World's Bestselling Programming Author
Floyd Marinescu, Co-founder of ServerSide.com; Founder and Lead Editor of InfoQ.com
Andy Hunt, Co-founder of the Pragmatic Programmers
Dave Thomas, Object Oriented Software Pioneer
Max Levchin, Co-founder and Former CTO of PayPal
Libor Michalek, Co-founder of Slide.com
Weird Al Yankovic, The Programmer's Rock Star
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - great read
I found this book a great read for a variety of reasons. I don't have an IT background but I enjoy reading about groundbreakers and top performers in any field -- hence my interest in the book. The author does a great job of getting at why these folks are RockStars and how they all think about programming and software. But it also does a great job of getting at the issues they face that we all share -- how do I keep up with the deluge of information in my field, how do I stay current with trends ... Read More
Rating: - A highly valuable book for college grads and project managers
First off, you'll have to forgive this book for the title. Using the term "Rock Star Programmers" is just a piece of techie humor that was probably used to sell the book. The problem is, any non-techie that sees you reading it will probably think you're an egotistical chic-geek.
Inside the cover, however, is a wealth of information from various programmers across the industry. What these folks have to say about the software industry's *past* is extremely relevant for budding programmers ... Read More
Rating: - collection of interviews
"Secrets of the Rock Star Programmers: Riding the IT Crest" is a series of 13 (or 14) interviews with different people that are known in the programming community. The fourteenth is for "Weird Al Yankovic" which has nothing to do with programming, so I won't count it.
Even after reading the book, I'm not sure what criteria was used in determining who is a Rock Star Programmer. It seems to be some combination of successful software developer, entrepreneur, those with a fanbase, some specific ... Read More
Rating: - Ego Stroke for Java Programmers
While I like the concept and the different ways these people attack problems, I do have a bit of an issue with the Java centric cast. I was hoping for some low level kernel hackers, or at least something a bit more relevant than high level programming.
Rating: - Unique idea, execution a bit lacking
I got this book because I liked the idea very much. I gave it 3 stars because some of the questions and info he presents seemed to be irrelevant. For example, he has these general questions he asks all the programmers (in addition to the unique questions). Questions like, "how important is it to be aware of your own ignorance?", "how important is it to be thinking about how you're thinking?", just strike me as rhetoric and a bit "boring". Also on each programmer he has a profile page like name, degree, etc. ... Read More
- great read
- A highly valuable book for college grads and project managers
- collection of interviews
