Kind of OT - Books on software development?

[gregarican]

On May 25, 11:45 am, Ed Keith <e_... at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I do not have my library with me, but I remember a book that fits the bill exactly, is was from Microsoft Press, I think it was called "Writing Solid Code"
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> Hope this helps,
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>    -EdK
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> Ed Keith
> e_... at yahoo.com
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> Blog: edkeith.blogspot.com
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> --- On Wed, 5/25/11, Matty Sarro <msa... at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > From: Matty Sarro <msa... at gmail.com>
> > Subject: Kind of OT - Books on software development?
> > To: "Python list" <python-l... at python.org>
> > Date: Wednesday, May 25, 2011, 11:40 AM
> > Hey everyone,
> > I am looking at some projects coming up, which may or may
> > not involve
> > python. So I figured I would throw the question out there
> > and see what
> > everyone thinks.
> > I am looking for some books on software
> > engineering/development...
> > something that discusses techniques from ideation, up
> > through testing,
> > QA, production, and then maintenance. Is there such a
> > book?
> > -Matthew
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If you are talking about general concepts in efficient, effective OO
programming I'd suggest "Smalltalk Best Practice Patterns" by Kent
Beck. I've developed in Java, C#, Python, Ruby, Smalltalk, and other
languages and this book is an eye opener!