Head First Software Development
by Dan Pilone, Russ Miles
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Book Reviews of Head First Software Development
Book Review: Great start... very technical toward the end...
Summary: 4 Stars
The first half is quite useful for general software development (even general project management), and is well-written and interesting. The second half is much more specific to GUI and Java development, but is far more technical and specific to the type of problems they are working with.
I was looking at this book as a way of introducing better software development to a group of engineers who can program (i.e. not software engineers). Of course, the design, which I thought effective, was going to make it a hard sell. But everything through the chapter on source code control seemed like great stuff that would be understandable and beneficial. But then it fell off a cliff: more particular to Agile and to GUI development. Without a good familiarity with Java and UML diagrams, this part is impossible.
I'm still looking for the right book on software development for people who have written lots of great code, but never developed any software.
Book Review: Modern, Lucid and Rational
Summary: 5 Stars
Since becoming a Development Manager, this is the first book I've made required reading for the team. Good software development is NOT common sense. When confronted with something as complex as a software project, people tend to respond with panic (which the book calls the Big Bang) or massive attempts at control (the Waterfall method).
HFSD preaches Iterative Development without all the dogma of Scrum or XP. It leaves the controversial stuff to other books, focusing on what good developers pretty much agree on. The practices are easily adopted and flexible, although like all worthwhile things in the world, they take a lifetime to master.
There's a lot to like about this book. The other Head First guides are good, but the style really, really fits the material here ... maybe because development is really less about technology than it is about working with others.
Book Review: Don't Let the Gimmicks Fool You
Summary: 5 Stars
Although I was initially put off by the non-serious cover and gimmicky premise, I decided to trust to O'Reilly and give this book a try. That turned out to be a great decision!
Be forewarned that the real title should be "Head First AGILE Software Development," so don't expect other methodologies, but it definitely delivers. Whether you're just beginning to take the plunge into agile development, or you've been sort of trying to do it for a while but don't have a real clear picture of your goal, this is a great book for you.
However, if you've been developing agilely for a while, then what you'll find here isn't much more than a refresher course or reminder of how you should be doing things.
Book Review: Great, Easy to read, Brain Friendly
Summary: 4 Stars
This is my second Head First title. I have enjoyed this one just as much as Head First SQL: Your Brain on SQL -- A Learner's Guide (Head First).
Some people may be put off by the style: images, stories, repetition, etc. I would encourage those people to give it a shot. The content is very well put together, thorough, and interesting.
I will encourage the rest of my team to pick up this book. We will all benefit from the concepts delivered and explained by the Head First team.
Book Review: Great information on hove developing softwate
Summary: 5 Stars
I first lend this book from collage developer an have read with great enthusiasms and finally ordered my own copy of this book.
The book gives detailed information on how to developing software from scratch, taken you by hand and leading you de hole way step by step.
With the different way to present the information en with lot of illustrations its newer a boring read.
Anders Kjaer
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