{"product_id":"beautiful-software-chuck-connell-9781456438784","title":"Beautiful Software","description":"Software quality matters. Software runs our banking operations, air traffic control, stock markets, global navigation, personal information privacy, and many other facets of our lives. Good software helps all of these things run smoothly; bad software has the potential to hurt or even kill people. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But what, exactly, distinguishes good software from bad software? Expert programmers know good software when they see it, and they are likely to produce it themselves. What do they see in the better software that makes it better? And how do they write it? Are there universal principles of good software design, that all high-quality examples share, and which are absent from poor software? If so, what are these principles? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The book addresses these questions and is written for anyone in the computer field or related areas: programmers, managers, investors, engineers, scientists. It is also useful as a supplementary text in a college course on software engineering. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e TABLE OF CONTENTS \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 1. Beautiful Software \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 2. The Missing Theory of Refactoring \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 3. All Source Code Should Be Open \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 4. Is Software Patentable? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 5. A Software Schedule Ain't Nothin' but a Piece of Paper \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 6. It's Not About Lines of Code \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 7. Why Software Really Fails, and What to Do About It \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 8. What the Linux Community Needs To Grok \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 9. Do Open Source Projects Manage Themselves? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 10. Why Software Engineering Matters \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 11. Software Engineering Is More than Computer Science \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 12. A Quagmire in the Tar Pit \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 13. Hey, Programmers! We Got No Theory!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chuck Connell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1456438786\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781456438784\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/11\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 170\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.99h x 5.24w x 0.36d","brand":"Chuck Connell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48113562550527,"sku":"9781456438784","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_46c99998-e4d7-4f53-b39f-caa2a06ec64c.jpg?v=1769615840","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beautiful-software-chuck-connell-9781456438784","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}