Design
Patterns by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, John Vlissides
Hardcover from Addison-Wesley Pub Co
Book Published: 15 January, 1995
The
PMP Exam: How to Pass on Your First Try by Andy Crowe
Book Description: Here is the most definitive and up-to-date self study guide for the
Project Management Professional (PMP) certification exam from the Project
Management Institute. This single volume has been used successfully by
project managers around the world, and it contains everything you need
to pass the PMP Exam, including all exam topics, insider secrets, complete
explanations of all PMP subjects, test tricks and tips, and hundreds of
highly realistic sample questions. Additionally, the book is loaded with
exercises that will strengthen your understanding of the PMP concepts and
prepare you to pass the exam on your first try with ease.
Paperback from Velociteach Press
Book Published: 01 May, 2003
Exploiting
Software : How to Break Code by Greg Hoglund, Gary McGraw
Paperback from Pearson Higher Education
Book Published: 17 February, 2004
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Refactoring:
Improving the Design of Existing Code by Martin Fowler, Kent Beck, John Brant, William Opdyke, Don Roberts
Your class library works, but could it be better? Refactoring: Improving
the Design of Existing Code shows how refactoring can make object-oriented
code simpler and easier to maintain. Today refactoring requires considerable
design know-how, but once tools become available, all programmers should
be able to improve their code using refactoring techniques.
Besides an introduction to refactoring, this handbook provides a catalog
of dozens of tips for improving code. The best thing about Refactoring
is its remarkably clear presentation, along with excellent nuts-and-bolts
advice, from object expert Martin Fowler. The author is also an authority
on software patterns and UML, and this experience helps make this a better
book, one that should be immediately accessible to any intermediate or
advanced object-oriented developer. (Just like patterns, each refactoring
tip is presented with a simple name, a "motivation," and examples using
Java and UML.)
Early chapters stress the importance of testing in successful refactoring.
(When you improve code, you have to test to verify that it still works.)
After the discussion on how to detect the "smell" of bad code, readers
get to the heart of the book, its catalog of over 70 "refactorings"--tips
for better and simpler class design. Each tip is illustrated with "before"
and "after" code, along with an explanation. Later chapters provide a quick
look at refactoring research.
Like software patterns, refactoring may be an idea whose time has come.
This groundbreaking title will surely help bring refactoring to the programming
mainstream. With its clear advice on a hot new topic, Refactoring is sure
to be essential reading for anyone who writes or maintains object-oriented
software. --Richard Dragan - Amazon.com
Topics Covered: Refactoring, improving software code, redesign, design
tips, patterns, unit testing, refactoring research, and tools.
Hardcover from Addison-Wesley Pub Co
Book Published: 28 June, 1999
