Understanding Software : (Record no. 131179)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781788628341 |
| Qualifying information | (electronic bk.) |
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| System control number | (MiAaPQ)EBC5087520 |
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| System control number | (CaPaEBR)ebr11449432 |
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| System control number | (OCoLC)1005542231 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | MiAaPQ |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
| Description conventions | rda |
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| Transcribing agency | MiAaPQ |
| Modifying agency | MiAaPQ |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | QA76.754.K363 2017 |
| 082 0# - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 5.3 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Kanat-Alexander, Max. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Understanding Software : |
| Remainder of title | Software Legend Max Kanat-Alexander Shows You How to Succeed As a Developer by Embracing Simplicity, with Forty-Three Essays That Will Help You Really Understand the Software You Work With. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st ed. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Birmingham : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Packt Publishing, Limited, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2017. |
| 264 #4 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | ©2017. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource (278 pages) |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
| Source | rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE | |
| Media type term | computer |
| Media type code | c |
| Source | rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE | |
| Carrier type term | online resource |
| Carrier type code | cr |
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| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Cover -- Copyright -- Credits -- About the Author -- www.PacktPub.com -- Customer Feedback -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Part One: Principles for Programmers -- Chapter 1: Before You Begin… -- If You're Going To Do It Then Do it Well -- Chapter 2: The Engineer Attitude -- Chapter 3: The Singular Secret of the Rockstar Programmer -- Chapter 4: Software Design, in Two Sentences -- Part Two: Software Complexity and its Causes -- Chapter 5: Clues to Complexity -- Chapter 6: Ways To Create Complexity: Break Your API -- Chapter 7: When Is Backwards-Compatibility Not Worth It? -- Chapter 8: Complexity is a Prison -- Part Three: Simplicity and Software Design -- Chapter 9: Design from the Start -- Starting the Right Way -- Chapter 10: The Accuracy of Future Predictions -- Chapter 11: Simplicity and Strictness -- Chapter 12: Two is Too Many -- Refactoring -- Chapter 13: Sane Software Design -- The Wrong Way -- The Right Way -- We followed all the Laws Of Software Design -- Part Four: Debugging -- Chapter 14: What is a Bug? -- Hardware -- Chapter 15: The Source of Bugs -- Compounding Complexity -- Chapter 16: Make It Never Come Back -- Make it Never Come Back - An Example -- Down the Rabbit Hole -- Chapter 17: The Fundamental Philosophy of Debugging -- Clarify the Bug -- Look at the System -- Find the Real Cause -- Four Steps -- Part Five: Engineering in Teams -- Chapter 18: Effective Engineering Productivity -- The Solution -- Chapter 19: Measuring Developer Productivity -- Chapter 20: How to Handle Code Complexity in a Software Company -- Step 1 - Problem Lists -- Step 2 - Meeting -- Step 3 - Bug Reports -- Step 4 - Prioritization -- Step 5 - Assignment -- Step 6 - Planning -- Chapter 21: Refactoring is about Features -- Being Effective -- Refactoring Doesn't Waste Time, It Saves It -- Refactoring To Clarity -- Summary. |
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| Formatted contents note | Chapter 22: Kindness and Code -- Software is about People -- Chapter 23: Open Source Community, Simplified -- Retaining Contributors -- Removing the Barriers -- Getting People Interested -- Summary -- Part Six: Understanding Software -- Chapter 24: What is a Computer? -- Chapter 25: The Components of Software: Structure, Action, and Results -- Chapter 26: Software Revisited: (I)SAR Clarified -- Structure -- Action -- Results -- ISAR in a Single Line of Code -- Wrapping SAR Up -- Chapter 27: Software as Knowledge -- Chapter 28: The Purpose of Technology -- Are there Counter-Examples to this Rule? -- Is the Advance of Technology "Good"? -- Chapter 29: Privacy, Simplified -- Privacy of Space -- Privacy of Information -- A Summary of Privacy -- Chapter 30: Simplicity and Security -- Chapter 31: Test-Driven Development and the Cycle of Observation -- Examples of ODA -- Development Processes and Productivity -- Chapter 32: The Philosophy of Testing -- Test Value -- Test Assertions -- Test Boundaries -- Test Assumptions -- Test Design -- End to End Testing -- Integration Testing -- Unit Testing -- Reality -- Fakes -- Determinism -- Speed -- Coverage -- Conclusion - The Overall Goal of Testing -- Part Seven: Suck Less -- Chapter 33: The Secret of Success: Suck Less -- Why is it that this worked? -- Chapter 34: How We Figured Out What Sucked -- Chapter 35: The Power of No -- Recognizing Bad Ideas -- Having No Better Idea -- Clarification: Acceptance and Politeness -- Chapter 36: Why Programmers Suck -- What to Study -- Chapter 37: The Secret of Fast Programming: Stop Thinking -- Understanding -- Drawing -- Starting -- Skipping a Step -- Physical Problems -- Distractions -- Self-Doubt -- False Ideas -- Caveat -- Chapter 38: Developer Hubris -- Chapter 39: "Consistency" Does Not Mean "Uniformity -- Chapter 40: Users Have Problems, Developers Have Solutions. |
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| Formatted contents note | Trust and Information -- Problems Come from Users -- Chapter 41: Instant Gratification = Instant Failure -- Solving for the long term -- How to Ruin Your Software Company -- Chapter 42: Success Comes from Execution, Not Innovation -- Chapter 43: Excellent Software -- 1. Does exactly what the user told it to do -- 2. Behaves exactly like the user expects it to behave -- 3. Does not block the user from communicating their intention -- Excellence is senior to (but is not in conflict with) code simplicity -- Index. |
| 588 ## - SOURCE OF DESCRIPTION NOTE | |
| Source of description note | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. |
| 590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN) | |
| Local note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Computer software. |
| 655 #4 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM | |
| Genre/form data or focus term | Electronic books. |
| 776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY | |
| Relationship information | Print version: |
| Main entry heading | Kanat-Alexander, Max |
| Title | Understanding Software |
| Place, publisher, and date of publication | Birmingham : Packt Publishing, Limited,c2017 |
| 797 2# - LOCAL ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME (RLIN) | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | ProQuest (Firm) |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=5087520">https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=5087520</a> |
| Public note | Click to View |
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