Software Design Books


Designing Hard SoftwareDesigning Hard Software
Best Price: $86.70
This is a great book. I refer to it often and have used many of the ideas in it to build...
The Essence of LogicThe Essence of Logic
Best Price: $132.77
I found this book to be an excellent introduction to logic as applied to artificial...
Visual Programming with Prograph CPXVisual Programming with Prograph CPX
Best Price: $123.54
I bought this book when it was first published in '95 by Manning (it was the first time I...
A Book of Object-Oriented Knowledge: An Introduction to Object-Oriented Software Engineering (Prentice Hall Object-Oriented Series)A Book of Object-Oriented Knowledge: An Introduction to Object-Oriented Software Engineering (Prentice Hall Object-Oriented Series)
Best Price: $24.64
that is an amazing book that i ever seen it should provide a basic knowledge about the object...
Modern Structured AnalysisModern Structured Analysis
Best Price: $14.95
When I was at university, this book was my introduction to structured analysis. I found it fun...


Object-Oriented Common LISPObject-Oriented Common LISP
Best Price: $50.71
I'd bought a copy of Keene , because I'd heard it was good, but ended up being a bit...
Operating System Design: The XINU Approach, Volume 1,  PC Edition (Operating System Design Vol. 1)Operating System Design: The XINU Approach, Volume 1, PC Edition (Operating System Design Vol. 1)
Best Price: $19.29
For the most part this book is informative. If you have no idea of how a basic Operating System...
The Year 2000 Software Crisis (Yourdon Press Computing Series)The Year 2000 Software Crisis (Yourdon Press Computing Series)
Best Price: $29.95
The book lacks depth. It good for beginners as a starting point, that it. Does it explain the...
Structured Systems Analysis and Design Method: Applications and ContextStructured Systems Analysis and Design Method: Applications and Context
Best Price: $102.12
SSADM (Structured Systems Analysis and Design Method) is the government's standard method...
The Structured Coboler's GuideThe Structured Coboler's Guide


Object Databases: The EssentialsObject Databases: The Essentials
Best Price: $4.97
Covers why an OO project needs an OODBMS, OODBMS terminology, OODBMS features, and the pros and...
Debugging Macintosh Software With MacSbug : Includes MacSbug 6.2 on Disk and BookDebugging Macintosh Software With MacSbug : Includes MacSbug 6.2 on Disk and Book
Best Price: $32.94
This book/disk packages includes both the actual MacsBug software--the most popular debugging...
Software Engineering for Real-Time SystemsSoftware Engineering for Real-Time Systems
One problem I have found in embedded area is that almost everybody uses procedural language to...
Software for Your Head: Core Protocols for Creating and Maintaining Shared VisionSoftware for Your Head: Core Protocols for Creating and Maintaining Shared Vision
Best Price: $24.92
"Software for Your Head" has many good ideas about creating positive teams. ...
An Embedded Software PrimerAn Embedded Software Primer
Best Price: $37.99
I must say that this was one of the best programming books I've read in a long time. The...

CMM in Practice: Processes for Executing Software Projects at InfosysCMM in Practice: Processes for Executing Software Projects at Infosys
Best Price: $12.99
There are many excellent resources that provide information on SW-CMM and how to implement it,...
NeXTSTEP Object-Oriented Programming and the Objective C Language, Release 3 (NeXTSTEP Developer's Library)NeXTSTEP Object-Oriented Programming and the Objective C Language, Release 3 (NeXTSTEP Developer's Library)
This book is the best one for novice objective-c programmers.
Objects in Action: Commercial Application of Object-Oriented TechnologiesObjects in Action: Commercial Application of Object-Oriented Technologies
Best Price: $11.40
Objects in Action shatters the myth that object-oriented technology has no practical...
Design by Contract, by ExampleDesign by Contract, by Example
Best Price: $38.80
As the authors state in the preface of the book, the main focus of the text is to show the...
The Java(TM) Language SpecificationThe Java(TM) Language Specification
Best Price: $14.50
Never buy Internet/Programming books by the pound. If you already know how programming languages...

Test System Design: A Systematic ApproachTest System Design: A Systematic Approach
Best Price: $64.00
If this book had been available to me 3 years ago, my path to developing an automated test...
Software Architecture: Organizational Principles and PatternsSoftware Architecture: Organizational Principles and Patterns
Best Price: $13.00
This book attempts to provide a unified theory of software architecture, their VRAPS (Vision,...
Internet & World Wide Web How to Program (2nd Edition)Internet & World Wide Web How to Program (2nd Edition)
Best Price: $8.62
I would like to preface this review by explaining that I have never been a great fan of the...
Essential Design for Web Professionals (Essentials for Web Professionals)Essential Design for Web Professionals (Essentials for Web Professionals)
Best Price: $2.99
As a member of the World Organization of Webmasters, who endorses this book, I was very excited...
Java, Java, Java Object-Oriented Problem Solving (2nd Edition)Java, Java, Java Object-Oriented Problem Solving (2nd Edition)
Best Price: $1.00
While there are some small errors (ie: spelling , etc), as others noted, I found this overall to...

Database Design and Development: A Visual ApproachDatabase Design and Development: A Visual Approach
Best Price: $39.59
Learning to develop and manage database systems professionally ie:client/server and web-based...
Error Control Coding (2nd Edition)Error Control Coding (2nd Edition)
Best Price: $90.00
I am an experienced EE for many years mainly working on digital circuits. I had always...
Open-Source Components for Informix Dynamic Server 9.xOpen-Source Components for Informix Dynamic Server 9.x
Best Price: $61.80
Object-relational databases offer immense power -- but many database professionals have failed...
DB2® Universal Database V8 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows Database Administration Certification Guide (5th Edition)DB2® Universal Database V8 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows Database Administration Certification Guide (5th Edition)
Best Price: $13.06
I have been involved with DB2 for a number of years and this book definitely introduced a few...
Performance of Concurrency Control Mechanisms in Centralized DataPerformance of Concurrency Control Mechanisms in Centralized Data
Best Price: $14.92
This book gathers into one volume the important and significant research works, past and...

Essential Winlnet: Developing Applications Using the Windows Internet API with RAS, ISAPI, ASP, and COMEssential Winlnet: Developing Applications Using the Windows Internet API with RAS, ISAPI, ASP, and COM
Best Price: $23.83
This book was laid out very nicely and covered all the topics a developer needs to know in order...
Active JavaActive Java
Best Price: $5.37
Active Java is a gentle introduction to the use of Java programming languages, starting from...
Inside Taligent Technology (Inside Taligent Series)Inside Taligent Technology (Inside Taligent Series)
Best Price: $242.79
This text provides a technical intrduction to taligent technology. Taligent technology is...
A Programmer's Guide to SoundA Programmer's Guide to Sound
Best Price: $20.00
Since this book was written almost ten years ago, you really have to ignor it when it talks...
The Object Advantage: Business Process Reengineering With Object Technology (Acm Press)The Object Advantage: Business Process Reengineering With Object Technology (Acm Press)
Best Price: $3.09
With Booch's OOA/D and Rumbaugh et al's OMT of the same mid-90's era, Jacobsen's...

Enterprise Modeling with UML: Designing Successful Software through Business AnalysisEnterprise Modeling with UML: Designing Successful Software through Business Analysis
Best Price: $4.84
This book is annoying. Lack of focus, poor structure and sloppy editing detract from a core set...
Object Orientation in Visual FoxProObject Orientation in Visual FoxPro
Best Price: $14.97
I had to learn Foxpro. My IT Department couldn't (?) get the manuals. They'd installed...
Hooked on Java: Creating Hot Web Sites With Java AppletsHooked on Java: Creating Hot Web Sites With Java Applets
Best Price: $3.75
This book fits its short description on the cover perfectly. "Creating Hot Web Sites...
CHI '89 Conference Proceedings: Human Factors in Computing SystemsCHI '89 Conference Proceedings: Human Factors in Computing Systems
Best Price: $128.00
The Global Dynamics of Cellular Automata: An Atlas of Basin of Attraction Fields of One-Dimensional Cellular Automata (Santa Fe Institute Studies in the Sciences of Complexity Reference Volumes)The Global Dynamics of Cellular Automata: An Atlas of Basin of Attraction Fields of One-Dimensional Cellular Automata (Santa Fe Institute Studies in the Sciences of Complexity Reference Volumes)
Best Price: $143.82
Cellular automata are a fascinating field, and this book summarises some research done on them...

Agile Software Development with Scrum (Series in Agile Software Development)Agile Software Development with Scrum (Series in Agile Software Development)
Best Price: $20.99
Schwaber and Beedle are the co-developers of the software project management methodology known...
Booktwo of Object-Oriented Knowledge: The Working Object : Object-Oriented Software Engineering : Methods and Management (Prentice Hall Object-Oriented Series) (Bk. 2)Booktwo of Object-Oriented Knowledge: The Working Object : Object-Oriented Software Engineering : Methods and Management (Prentice Hall Object-Oriented Series) (Bk. 2)
Best Price: $43.50
Designed for technical managers and software engineers whose focus is on methods, procedures,...
Solving Data Mining Problems Through Pattern Recognition (Bk/CD)Solving Data Mining Problems Through Pattern Recognition (Bk/CD)
Best Price: $293.34
This was the text I've been looking for over the last year. It is organized in a very...
Informix Guide to SQL: Reference and Using TriggersInformix Guide to SQL: Reference and Using Triggers
Best Price: $42.28
Designed as a companion volume to the INFORMIX Guide to SQL: Tutorial, this comprehensive...
Inside the Object Model: The Sensible Use of C++ (SIGS: Advances in Object Technology)Inside the Object Model: The Sensible Use of C++ (SIGS: Advances in Object Technology)
Best Price: $63.16
Unless you have a bent for philosophy, don't buy this book until you have seen at least part...

Data Abstraction and Problem Solving with Java: Walls and Mirrors (3rd Edition)Data Abstraction and Problem Solving with Java: Walls and Mirrors (3rd Edition)
Best Price: $97.75
One of the worst Algorithm and Data Structure books that I've read. I have to read it...
Introduction to Programming Using Visual Basic 2010 (8th Edition) (Pearson Custom Computer Science)Introduction to Programming Using Visual Basic 2010 (8th Edition) (Pearson Custom Computer Science)
Best Price: $92.00
I had to get this book for a class and it is an ok text book. I like that it comes with a copy...
Digital DesignDigital Design
Best Price: $3.75
This book gives a good coverage of digital design. It includes: The basics (binary, octal and...
Digital Signal Processing Applications With the Tms320 Family/Book and DiskDigital Signal Processing Applications With the Tms320 Family/Book and Disk
Best Price: $49.72
The last of a three-volume set which provides a collection of application reports on the TMS320...
Digital and Microprocessor Engineering (Ellis Horwood Series in Electrical and Electronic Engineering)Digital and Microprocessor Engineering (Ellis Horwood Series in Electrical and Electronic Engineering)

FileMaker Pro 5 CompanionFileMaker Pro 5 Companion
Best Price: $4.88
If your an experienced Filemaker user, this book is not going to hold much attraction for you....
Programming for the Newton Using WindowsProgramming for the Newton Using Windows
Best Price: $82.06
I found this book easy to get into and understand. The first chapters lead you by the hand and...
Programming for the Newton: Using MacintoshProgramming for the Newton: Using Macintosh
Best Price: $34.95
The first edition of this book led those of us new to Newtonscript by the hand through a sample...
Usability EngineeringUsability Engineering
Best Price: $19.99
One of the best ways I judge whether a book is useful for me or not, is to look through the...
The Numerical Method of Lines: Integration of Partial Differential EquationsThe Numerical Method of Lines: Integration of Partial Differential Equations
This is the first book on the numerical method of lines, a relatively new method for solving...

Object-Oriented Graphics Programming in C++Object-Oriented Graphics Programming in C++Advances in Object-Oriented Software Engineering (Prentice Hall Object-Oriented Series)Advances in Object-Oriented Software Engineering (Prentice Hall Object-Oriented Series)
Chapter 1 "Design by Contract" is a key concept on reliable software. Effel language...
Introduction to Windows '98 ProgrammingIntroduction to Windows '98 Programming
Best Price: $49.00
Introduction to Windows 98 programming is a good book for beginners. The good thing about it is...
Advanced Structured Analysis and Design (Prentice Hall Series in Software Engineering)Advanced Structured Analysis and Design (Prentice Hall Series in Software Engineering)
Best Price: $47.99
Distributed COM Application Development Using Visual Basic 6.0 and MTSDistributed COM Application Development Using Visual Basic 6.0 and MTS
Best Price: $6.00
The world today has become very rich in technology. In particular Microsoft has inundated the...

Fundamentals of Digital Logic with Verilog Design, International EditionFundamentals of Digital Logic with Verilog Design, International Edition
Best Price: $69.99
Programming Intelligent Agents for the InternetProgramming Intelligent Agents for the Internet
Best Price: $19.95
This books was a complete waste of my time. In reality, what this book describes is not really...
Ip Multicasting: Concepts and Applications (Networking Series)Ip Multicasting: Concepts and Applications (Networking Series)
Best Price: $4.75
I have to agree with the "reader from USA": this is one of the worst datacom...
The Designer's Guide to VHDL, Third Edition (Systems on Silicon)The Designer's Guide to VHDL, Third Edition (Systems on Silicon)
Best Price: $32.88
This is great book. i bought it after friend's recommendation and reviews on Amazon.The...
Effective Prototyping for Software Makers (Interactive Technologies)Effective Prototyping for Software Makers (Interactive Technologies)
Best Price: $39.86
As a visual interface designer (and a reviewer of this book while in its manuscript stages), and...

QuickTime for Java: A Developer Reference (QuickTime Developer Series)QuickTime for Java: A Developer Reference (QuickTime Developer Series)
Best Price: $28.00
If you want to learn how to program Quicktime using java, this is the only book on the market...
Who's Afraid of C++: Programming Primer for the PCWho's Afraid of C++: Programming Primer for the PC
Best Price: $166.78
This is a book that is well conceived and executed. The text is an excellent example of writing...
Systems Engineering with SysML/UML: Modeling, Analysis, Design (The MK/OMG Press)Systems Engineering with SysML/UML: Modeling, Analysis, Design (The MK/OMG Press)
Best Price: $39.16
SysML is hard! So it should not be surprising that authors writing on the subject will be faced...
Optical Fiber Telecommunications IIIA, Volume 3A (Optics and Photonics)Optical Fiber Telecommunications IIIA, Volume 3A (Optics and Photonics)
Best Price: $20.00
Optical Fiber Telecommunications III is designed for anyone engaged in engineering work related...
Structured Development for Real-Time Systems, Vol. II: Essential Modeling TechniquesStructured Development for Real-Time Systems, Vol. II: Essential Modeling Techniques
Best Price: $17.92
Without a framework for organizing and codifying these ideas, systems modeling can become...

System Design from Provably Correct Constructs: The Beginnings of True Software EngineeringSystem Design from Provably Correct Constructs: The Beginnings of True Software Engineering
Best Price: $14.51
Once again James Martin has repackaged some very helpful information and published it. This...
Database: Models, Languages, DesignDatabase: Models, Languages, Design
Best Price: $39.99
Having taken classes from Dr. Johnson for 7 years at Western Washington University...
Applications of Finite Fields (Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications Conference Series)Applications of Finite Fields (Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications Conference Series)
Best Price: $35.77
This book discusses practical and theoretical work on the applications of finite fields,...
Temporal Logic: Mathematical Foundations and Computational Aspects Volume 1 (Oxford Logic Guides)Temporal Logic: Mathematical Foundations and Computational Aspects Volume 1 (Oxford Logic Guides)
Best Price: $185.07
This much-needed book provides a thorough account of temporal logic, one of the most important...
Object-oriented ProgrammingObject-oriented Programming
Best Price: $11.95
The first book published that fully describes object-oriented programming in an accessible...

Objects, Components, and Frameworks with UML: The Catalysis(SM) ApproachObjects, Components, and Frameworks with UML: The Catalysis(SM) Approach
Best Price: $2.94
I have just completed this text, having read every word on every page. Now it is my time to...
Programming and Deploying Java? Mobile Agents with Aglets?Programming and Deploying Java? Mobile Agents with Aglets?
Best Price: $21.45
After searching a while for a reference on the Aglets SDK I was quite happy to see that this...
Documenting a Complete Java Application Using OpenDocumenting a Complete Java Application Using Open
Best Price: $68.67
good for the users.very helpfull and written in very simple words.
Software Architecture for Product Families: Principles and PracticeSoftware Architecture for Product Families: Principles and Practice
Best Price: $5.50
The book covers a very broad scope of software architecture. Many different topics, like ADLs,...
Crystal Clear: A Human-Powered Methodology for Small TeamsCrystal Clear: A Human-Powered Methodology for Small Teams
Best Price: $20.88
While I like the general concepts behind agile development methodologies, sometimes they seem to...

XPath, XLink, XPointer, and XML: A Practical Guide to Web Hyperlinking and TransclusionXPath, XLink, XPointer, and XML: A Practical Guide to Web Hyperlinking and Transclusion
Best Price: $189.68
If you are like most, your introduction to hypertext was when you used a browser for the first...
Programming and Problem Solving with DelphiProgramming and Problem Solving with Delphi
Best Price: $125.00
This is a fantastic book for newcomers to Delphi, but with a shortcoming for some potential...
CYBERREGSCYBERREGS
Best Price: $5.25
As book titles go, CyberRegs: A Business Guide to Web Property, Privacy, and Patents sounds...
Foundation for Future Database Systems: The Third Manifesto (2nd Edition)Foundation for Future Database Systems: The Third Manifesto (2nd Edition)
Best Price: $149.69
Great stuff. The authors demonstrate that there is a solution to the major issue confronting the...
Patterns for Effective Use Cases (The Agile Software Development Series)Patterns for Effective Use Cases (The Agile Software Development Series)
Best Price: $24.50
This book attempts to take use cases to a higher level of science and in part succeed. Its plus...

Building Secure Software: How to Avoid Security Problems the Right WayBuilding Secure Software: How to Avoid Security Problems the Right Way
Best Price: $33.50
Many transformations begin with an indictment. Two notable examples are Martin Luther's...
Effective Visual Basic: How to Improve Your VB/COM+ ApplicationsEffective Visual Basic: How to Improve Your VB/COM+ Applications
Best Price: $5.00
This book is a somewhat condensed version of Transactional COM+ by Tim Ewald. However, this book...
Software Architecture for Product Families: Principles and PracticeSoftware Architecture for Product Families: Principles and Practice
Best Price: $5.50
The book covers a very broad scope of software architecture. Many different topics, like ADLs,...
Crystal Clear: A Human-Powered Methodology for Small TeamsCrystal Clear: A Human-Powered Methodology for Small Teams
Best Price: $20.88
While I like the general concepts behind agile development methodologies, sometimes they seem to...
XPath, XLink, XPointer, and XML: A Practical Guide to Web Hyperlinking and TransclusionXPath, XLink, XPointer, and XML: A Practical Guide to Web Hyperlinking and Transclusion
Best Price: $189.68
If you are like most, your introduction to hypertext was when you used a browser for the first...

Programming and Problem Solving with DelphiProgramming and Problem Solving with Delphi
Best Price: $125.00
This is a fantastic book for newcomers to Delphi, but with a shortcoming for some potential...
CYBERREGSCYBERREGS
Best Price: $5.25
As book titles go, CyberRegs: A Business Guide to Web Property, Privacy, and Patents sounds...
Foundation for Future Database Systems: The Third Manifesto (2nd Edition)Foundation for Future Database Systems: The Third Manifesto (2nd Edition)
Best Price: $149.69
Great stuff. The authors demonstrate that there is a solution to the major issue confronting the...
Patterns for Effective Use Cases (The Agile Software Development Series)Patterns for Effective Use Cases (The Agile Software Development Series)
Best Price: $24.50
This book attempts to take use cases to a higher level of science and in part succeed. Its plus...
Building Secure Software: How to Avoid Security Problems the Right WayBuilding Secure Software: How to Avoid Security Problems the Right Way
Best Price: $33.50
Many transformations begin with an indictment. Two notable examples are Martin Luther's...

Effective Visual Basic: How to Improve Your VB/COM+ ApplicationsEffective Visual Basic: How to Improve Your VB/COM+ Applications
Best Price: $5.00
This book is a somewhat condensed version of Transactional COM+ by Tim Ewald. However, this book...
    
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