Lists of Bests: Software Development Books http://www.listsofbests.com/list/1503 Listing of essential software development books recommended by various people such as Joel Spolsky and Jeff Atwood. Thu, 31 May 2012 10:54:36 GMT en-us 0 50 16 0 0 Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction, Second Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/20418 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/20418"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51nWkLCu1SL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Steve McConnell</div> The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition (2nd Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4870 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4870"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51WIpM70FEL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Frederick P. Brooks</div> Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/55360 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/55360"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Qnk8fkFPL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Steve Krug</div> Rapid Development: Taming Wild Software Schedules http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/29630 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/29630"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51fUZ%2B7C5lL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Steve McConnell</div> Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams (Second Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28058 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28058"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MlUgcSICL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tom DeMarco</div> The Design of Everyday Things http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14326 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14326"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/418eiOV-FSL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Donald A. Norman</div> About Face 2.0: The Essentials of Interaction Design http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/22233 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/22233"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51LzdQyICcL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alan Cooper</div> The Inmates Are Running the Asylum: Why High Tech Products Drive Us Crazy and How to Restore the Sanity http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18250 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18250"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51AGVJzr9LL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alan Cooper</div> GUI Bloopers: Don'ts and Do's for Software Developers and Web Designers (Interactive Technologies) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/29775 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/29775"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/4115QKQAC6L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jeff Johnson</div> More Programming Pearls: Confessions of a Coder http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4664 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4664"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51CqY6KgUNL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jon Bentley</div> The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4760 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4760"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41HXiIojloL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Andrew Hunt</div> Designing Web Usability http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/30144 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/30144"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41%2BWa0XSAvL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jakob Nielsen</div> The Visual Display of Quantitative Information http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28337 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28337"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41gkIGQmrOL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edward R. Tufte</div> Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28335 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28335"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41NXBJXXW6L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edward R. Tufte</div> Envisioning Information http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28334 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28334"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/719P4NWTPCL._SL75_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edward R. Tufte</div> Mastering Regular Expressions, Second Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/16725 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/16725"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0596002890.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jeffrey E F Friedl</div>