I wanted to pick up a book on jQuery for quite some time now so I decided to give jQuery in Action a try. Besides all the nice things I?ve heard and read about jQuery, I didn?t have a clue about any of its capabilities. This book got me up to speed fairly quickly, but […]
Read MoreHaving this book on my shelf for quite some time now, I finally decided to to make my way through reading Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering written by Robert L. Glass. As the title already implies, this well-established author lays down 55 facts and 10 fallacies about software engineering based on his half a […]
Read MoreThroughout my career as a professional software developer, I?ve spent quite a lot of my learning time to sharpen my debugging skills. I?ve always considered this as one of the required abilities of a true software craftsman. I also strongly believe that the time spent hunting bugs should be minimized as much as possible. Other […]
Read MoreA good number of folks have recommended me to pick up Object-Oriented JavaScript after I put out this book review on JavaScript ? The Good Parts. They told me that it?s a great way to dive into the guts of JavaScript, and I must admit that they were right. When I come to think about […]
Read MoreAfter hearing about this book in an interview with Mary and Tom Poppendieck, I decided to immediately purchase the audio version on Audible and listen to it during my daily commute to and from work. This book is all about how to enable and inspire change in all kinds of environments, be it at work, […]
Read MoreToday I finished reading JavaScript ? The Good Parts written by Douglas Crockford. That picture on his website of him speaking with Chuck Norris on the background should make you run to the local bookstore to buy a copy of his book ;-). I instantly knew after listening to one or two podcasts, where the […]
Read MoreEarlier this week I finished reading ASP.NET MVC in Action written by Jeffrey Palermo, Ben Scheirman and Jimmy Bogard. I came across several good reviews about this book so I finally decided to give a read. This book is not just about the API?s of the ASP.NET MVC framework but also about good design principles […]
Read MoreI have started a quest that so many developers do; I am attempting to write a short book on the MVVM development pattern. When I say short, I mean short. Probably between 50 – 70 pages, most of it being code and examples. This is my first attempt at a book and I’m not quite […]
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