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The Best Software Writing I: Selected and Introduced by Joel Spolsky


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Date Created: 2010-09-08
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Author: Joel Spolsky
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Publisher: Apress
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Publication Year: 2005
ISBN#: 1-59059-500-9
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Pages: 328
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It's nice having a collection of high-quality writing related to software and the business in one place instead of trawling the Web for it.

— Meryl K. Evans, meryl.net & Slashdot Contributor

...an entertaining read with a number of enlightening insights into what I do for a living...

— Thomas Duff, Duffbert's Random Musings

The whole book is fantastic though, and you should absolutely pick it up...in dead tree form.

— Garrett Rooney, Software Engineer and Author

This is a book worth checking out, even if you're not a software developer.

— David Bindel, Tea Total

Frustrated by the lack of well-written essays on software engineering, Joel Spolsky (of www.joelonsoftware.com fame) has put together a collection of his favorite writings on the topic.

With a nod to both the serious and funny sides of technical writing, The Best Software Writing I: Selected and Introduced by Joel Spolsky is an entertaining read and a guide to the technical writing literati.

The Best Software Writing I contains writings from:

  • Ken Arnold
  • Leon Bambrick
  • Michael Bean
  • Rory Blyth
  • Adam Bosworth
  • danah boyd
  • Raymond Chen
  • Kevin Cheng and Tom Chi
  • Cory Doctorow
  • ea_spouse
  • Bruce Eckel
  • Paul Ford
  • Paul Graham
  • John Gruber
  • Gregor Hohpe
  • Ron Jeffries
  • Eric Johnson
  • Eric Lippert
  • Michael Lopp
  • Larry Osterman
  • Mary Poppendieck
  • Rick Schaut
  • Aaron Swartz
  • Clay Shirky
  • Eric Sink
  • why the lucky stiff