
Secrets of the Rock Star Programmers: Riding the IT Crest
Ed Burns(Author)
Osborne/McGraw-Hill (Publisher)
Published on 16. April 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
352 pages
978-0-07-149083-2 (ISBN)
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A-list Programmers Reveal How to Develop Breakout Skills
Find out what it takes to push your programming chops to the next level and design killer software by getting inside the minds of today's rock star programmers:
Rod Johnson, Inventor of the Spring Framework
Adrian Colyer, Pioneer of Aspect Oriented Programming Tools, Project Lead of AspectJ
Java Posse--Tor Norbye, Joe Nuxoll, Carl Quinn, and Dick Wall
Chris Wilson, Lead Architect of Microsoft Internet Explorer
Nikhil Kothari, Architect of ASP.NET AJAX
Hani Suleiman, Author of "The Bile Blog"
James Gosling, Father of Java
Kohsuke Kawaguchi, Creator of the Hudson Continuous Integration Tool
Herb Schildt, The World's Bestselling Programming Author
Floyd Marinescu, Co-founder of ServerSide.com; Founder and Lead Editor of InfoQ.com
Andy Hunt, Co-founder of the Pragmatic Programmers
Dave Thomas, Object Oriented Software Pioneer
Max Levchin, Co-founder and Former CTO of PayPal
Libor Michalek, Co-founder of Slide.com
Weird Al Yankovic, The Programmer's Rock Star
A-list Programmers Reveal How to Develop Breakout Skills
Find out what it takes to push your programming chops to the next level and design killer software by getting inside the minds of today's rock star programmers:
Rod Johnson, Inventor of the Spring Framework
Adrian Colyer, Pioneer of Aspect Oriented Programming Tools, Project Lead of AspectJ
Java Posse--Tor Norbye, Joe Nuxoll, Carl Quinn, and Dick Wall
Chris Wilson, Lead Architect of Microsoft Internet Explorer
Nikhil Kothari, Architect of ASP.NET AJAX
Hani Suleiman, Author of "The Bile Blog"
James Gosling, Father of Java
Kohsuke Kawaguchi, Creator of the Hudson Continuous Integration Tool
Herb Schildt, The World's Bestselling Programming Author
Floyd Marinescu, Co-founder of ServerSide.com; Founder and Lead Editor of InfoQ.com
Andy Hunt, Co-founder of the Pragmatic Programmers
Dave Thomas, Object Oriented Software Pioneer
Max Levchin, Co-founder and Former CTO of PayPal
Libor Michalek, Co-founder of Slide.com
Weird Al Yankovic, The Programmer's Rock Star
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
10 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 232 mm
Width: 184 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
598 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-149083-2 (9780071490832)
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Content
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part 1: Software Technology Experts
Chapter 1. Rod Johnson
Chapter 2. Adrian Colyer
Chapter 3. The Java Posse
Chapter 4. Chris Wilson
Chapter 5. Nikhil Kothari
Chapter 6. Hani Suleiman
Chapter 7. James Gosling
Chapter 8. Kohsuke Kawaguchi
Part 2: Software Pedagogy Experts
Chapter 9. Herb Schildt
Chapter 10. Floyd Marinescu
Part 3: Software Development Experts
Chapter 11. Andy Hunt
Chapter 12. Dave Thomas
Chapter 13. Max Levchin and Libor Michalek
Part 4: Actual Rock Star
Chapter 14. Weird Al Yankovic
Appendix A: Index of Common Questions Asked of Interviewees
Appendix B: Phillip G. Armour's The Five Orders of Ignorance
Index
Introduction
Part 1: Software Technology Experts
Chapter 1. Rod Johnson
Chapter 2. Adrian Colyer
Chapter 3. The Java Posse
Chapter 4. Chris Wilson
Chapter 5. Nikhil Kothari
Chapter 6. Hani Suleiman
Chapter 7. James Gosling
Chapter 8. Kohsuke Kawaguchi
Part 2: Software Pedagogy Experts
Chapter 9. Herb Schildt
Chapter 10. Floyd Marinescu
Part 3: Software Development Experts
Chapter 11. Andy Hunt
Chapter 12. Dave Thomas
Chapter 13. Max Levchin and Libor Michalek
Part 4: Actual Rock Star
Chapter 14. Weird Al Yankovic
Appendix A: Index of Common Questions Asked of Interviewees
Appendix B: Phillip G. Armour's The Five Orders of Ignorance
Index