看老外的书,看到的全是思想;看中国人写的书,看到的也全是思想,不过就是很难找出自己的思想。 《JOEL说软件》这本书随便一翻就会让人刮目相看,我的感觉就是自己的脑袋以前怎么就那么迟钝呢,好像就根本没有用来思考过,呵呵。这本书的内容全部来自Joel的blog,不过这本书还是获得了第15届JOLT大奖。据称,excel 就是在此人的领导之下开发出来的,其强悍可见一斑。另外,从这本书里你能读到的会是一个不同的世界,在那里没有神化,在那里微软、Sun等等都存在太多的bugs。我不知道读过之后自己有什么大的收获,但是我知道,以后看问题绝对不能只看到表面现象,想想背后或许会有更多的内容:〉
以下是我比较喜欢的章节,懒得敲上去汉字,所以找出原文连接,一为保存,二为分享。
The Joel Test: 12 Steps to Better Code Aug 09 2000The Absolute Minimum Every Software Developer Absolutely, Positively Must Know About Unicode and Character Sets (No Excuses!) Oct 08 2003Painless Functional Specifications - Part 1: Why Bother? Oct 02 2000
Painless Functional Specifications - Part 2: What's a Spec? Oct 03 2000
Painless Functional Specifications - Part 3: But... How? Oct 04 2000
Painless Functional Specifications - Part 4: Tips Oct 15 2000Painless Software Schedules Mar 29 2000Five Worlds May 06 2002(散用软件、内用软件、嵌入式软件、游戏软件、代用软件)Fire And Motion Jan 06 2002(You move towards the enemy while firing your weapon. The firing forces him to keep his head down so he can't fire at you.) The Iceberg Secret, Revealed Feb 13 2002
(You know how an iceberg is 90% underwater? Well, most software is like that too -- there's a pretty user interface that takes about 10% of the work, and then 90% of the programming work is under the covers.)
Rick Chapman is In Search of Stupidity Aug 01 2003
Nothing is as Simple as it Seems Mar 04 2002
Strategy Letter I: Ben and Jerry's vs. Amazon May 12 2000
Strategy Letter II: Chicken and Egg Problems May 24 2000
Strategy Letter III: Let Me Go Back! Jun 03 2000Strategy Letter IV: Bloatware and the 80/20 Myth Mar 23 2001Strategy Letter V Jun 12 2002The Guerrilla Guide to Interviewing (version 3.0) Oct 25 2006
(注意:各个文章的连接地址请到我的blog上看,地址:http://linghucong.blogspot.com/2007/01/joel.html)
Contents of the Joel on Software book:
* Introduction (all new!)
* Choosing a Language
* Back to Basics
* The Joel Test: 12 Steps to Better Code
* The Absolute Minimum Every Software Developer Absolutely, Positively Must Know About Unicode and Character Sets (No Excuses!)
* Painless Functional Specifications
* Painless Software Schedules
* Daily Builds Are Your Friend
* Hard-assed Bug Fixin'
* Five Worlds
* Paper Prototyping
* Don't Let Architecture Astronauts Scare You
* Fire And Motion
* Craftsmanship
* Three Wrong Ideas From Computer Science
* Biculturalism
* Every Crash, Everywhere
* Interviewing
* Incentive Pay Considered Harmful
* Top Five (Wrong) Reasons You Don't Have Testers
* Human Task Switches Considered Harmful
* Things You Should Never Do, Part I
* The Iceberg Secret, Revealed
* The Law of Leaky Abstractions
* Lord Palmerston on Programming
* Measurement
* Foreword to "In Search of Stupidity"
* What is the Work of Dogs in this Country?
* Getting Things Done When You're Only a Grunt
* Two Stories
* Big Macs vs. The Naked Chef
* Nothing is as Simple as it Seems
* In Defense of Not-Invented-Here Syndrome
* Strategy Letter I: Ben and Jerry's vs. Amazon
* Strategy Letter II: Chicken and Egg Problems
* Strategy Letter III: Let Me Go Back!
* Strategy Letter IV: Bloatware and the 80/20 Myth
* Strategy Letter V: The Economics of Open Source
* Murphy's Law Gone Wild
* How Microsoft Lost the API War
* Microsoft Goes Bonkers
* Our .NET Strategy
* Please Sir May I Have a Linker?
* The Best of Ask Joel
你看到的不一定就是事实
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《Joel说软件》热门书评
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是本值得一读的好书
16有用 0无用 leon 2006-03-07
客观的说,Joel 虽然不像大师那样拥有深邃的思想,但多年的软件开发经验和个人感悟还是给人以深深的启迪。其中,有些事情是司空见惯的,可是少有人驻足思考和提炼,Joel 为很多人做了这件事。 本书中很多章节都...
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Money killed everything?
8有用 1无用 重来 2006-05-11
买了两本书<JOEL说软件>,<Ajax修炼之道>. 估计前者是最近不可多得的翻译烂作之一,实在不知道两位译者:谭明金和王平是做什么工作的,不会是某工作室的在校学生吧.单凭这本书,我已经对博文视点心有戚戚鄢了. 不过,产品虽然很烂,但是博文的营销做的还是不...
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《Joel On Software》读后
7有用 0无用 蔡蔡 2005-10-08
评论为部分节选,全文在我的Blog上:http://blog.donews.com/dereck/archive/2005/10/08/580028.aspx 就好像Joel在书评中说《人件》是一本需要软件管理人员每年读一遍的书一样,他自己的这本《Joel On Software》也是一本...
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你看到的不一定就是事实
3有用 0无用 令狐葱 2007-01-06
看老外的书,看到的全是思想;看中国人写的书,看到的也全是思想,不过就是很难找出自己的思想。 《JOEL说软件》这本书随便一翻就会让人刮目相看,我的感觉就是自己的脑袋以前怎么就那么迟钝呢,好像就根本没有用来思考过,呵呵。这本书的内容全部来自Joel的blog,不过这本书还是获得了第15届JOLT大奖。...
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才读了一半就知道是好书
2有用 0无用 Shepherd 2005-10-07
有些东西很值得思考。跟《Java夜未眠》这样的同类书籍相比,不得不承认,毕竟国外的大牛知道的更多~经历的也更多啊。...
书名: Joel说软件
作者: [美] Joel Spolsky
出版社: 电子工业出版社
副标题: Joel on Software
译者: 谭明金 | 王平
出版年: 2005-9
页数: 301
定价: 39.00元
装帧: 平装
ISBN: 9787121016417

