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Believed by many of our customers to be the best practical guide to writing commercial software, and Highly Recommended.
Book Description
Here is a thorough expert look at the intricate process of commercial software development. The text is rich in example code, contains powerful insights on managing technical yet creative people, and examines each milestone in software development in considerable detail. Ideal for professional, self-taught, and student programmers.
From the Publisher
'We were impressed by Code Complete...a pleasure to read, either straight through or as a reference. An invaluable $35 reference.' — PC Week. This runaway bestseller is a practical guide to software design that discusses the art and science of constructing software. Examples are provided in C, Pascal, Basic, Fortran, and Ada, but the focus is on successful programming techniques.
About the Author
Steve McConnell is a consultant to software-intensive companies in the Puget Sound area including Microsoft. His primary focus has been on the development of mass-distribution commercial microcomputer software. In addition to more theoretical projects such as writing this book, he has personally written more than 50,000 lines of production code in the last five years. McConnell earned a bachelor's degree from Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington, and a master's degree in software engineering from Seattle University. He is a member of the IEEE Computer Society and the ACM.
