Joel on Software: And on Diverse and Occasionally Related Matters That Will Prove of Interest to Software Developers, Designers, and Managers, and to [Paperback]

Joel Spolsky began his legendary web log, www.joelonsoftware.com, in March 2000, in order to offer insights for improving the world of programming. Spolsky based these observations on years of personal experience.

The result just a handful of years later? Spolsky's technical knowledge, caustic wit, and extraordinary writing skills have earned him status as a programming guru! His blog has become renowned throughout the programming worldnow linked to more than 600 websites and translated into over 30 languages.

Joel on Software covers every conceivable aspect of software programmingfrom the best way to write code, to the best way to design an office in which to write code! All programmers, all people who want to enhance their knowledge of programmers, and all who are trying to manage programmers will surely relate to Joel's musings.

one Bits and Bytes: The Practice of Programming.- one Choosing a Language.- two Back to Basics.- three The Joel Test: 12 Steps to Better Code.- four The Absolute Minimum Every Software Developer Absolutely, Positively Must Know About Unicode and Character Sets (No Excuses!).- five Painless Functional Specifications Part 1: Why Bother?.- six Painless Functional Specifications Part 2: Whats a Spec?.- seven Painless Functional Specifications Part 3: But How?.- eight Painless Functional Specifications Part 4: Tips.- nine Painless Software Schedules.- ten Daily Builds Are Your Friend.- eleven Hard-Assed Bug Fixin.- twelve Five Worlds.- thirteen Paper Prototyping.- fourteen Dont Let Architecture Astronauts Scare You.- fifteen Fire and Motion.- sixteen Craftsmanship.- seventeen Three Wrong Ideas from Computer Science.- eighteen Biculturalism.- nineteen Get Crash Reports From UsersAutomatically!.- two Managing Developers.- twenty The Guerilla Guide to Interviewing.- twenty-one Incentive Pay Considered Harmful.- twenty-two Top Five (Wrong) RelÓ)