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. ...an entertaining read with a number of enlightening insights into what I do for a living... The whole book is fantastic though, and you should absolutely pick it up...in dead tree form. This is a book worth checking out, even if you're not a software developer.

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 contains writings from:

Ken ArnoldLeon BambrickMichael BeanRory BlythAdam Bosworthdanah boydRaymond ChenKevin Cheng and Tom ChiCory Doctorowea_spouseBruce EckelPaul FordPaul GrahamJohn GruberGregor HohpeRon JeffriesEric JohnsonEric LippertMichael LoppLarry OstermanMary PoppendieckRick SchautAaron SwartClay ShirkyEric Sinkwhy the lucky stiff
Editorial ReviewsAbout the AuthorJoel Spolsky is a globally recognized expert on the software development process. His web site Joel on Software (JoelonSoftware.com) is popular with software developers around the world and has been translated into over 30 languages. As the founder of Fog Creek Software in New York City, he created FogBugz, a popular project management system for software teams. Joel has worked at Microsoft, where he designed Visual Basic for Applications as a member of the Excel team, and at Juno Online Services, developing an Internet client used by millions. He has written two books: User Interface Design for Programmers (Apress, 2001) and Joel on Software (Apress, 2004). Joel holds a bachelor's of science degree in computer science from Yale University. Before college, he served in the Israeli Defense Forces as a paratrooper, and he was one of the founders of Kibbutz Hanaton.


Product Details

• Paperback: 328 pages
• Publisher: Apress; 1st ed. 2005. Corr. 2nd printing 2005 edition (October 21, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1590595009
• ISBN-13: 978-1590595008
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