“The Best Software Writing I” by Joel Spolsky
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Joel compiled a series of essays on software and put them in a book: “The Best Software Writing I”. It’s gem after gem.
I thought I would have read at least half of these essays before. I was definitely sure I was not going to learn much from the book. Why I even bothered buying the book is a mystery…maybe because the cover looks so great?
Anyway, I’m really happy I read it. Not only I had never read any of the essays before (and they’re all online), I also learned a whole lot.
The essays cover many topics that should be of interest to developers, managers, testers, interviewers, and geeks in general.
You could just read these essays online and save a few bucks, but you would be missing Joel’s intros. I believe the book was printed on paper from evil trees only, so there’s another incentive.
Now to wait for “The Best Software Writing II”…