Software Development Pearls: Lessons from Fifty Years of Software Experience (Wiegers Karl)(Paperback)

Experience is a powerful teacher, but it is also slow and painful -- and software practitioners cannot afford to make every mistake others have suffered. This book helps you compress your learning curve -- and bypass much of the pain -- by absorbing lessons from others who have served in the trenches before you. Drawing on 20+ years helping software teams succeed in nearly 150 organizations, Karl Wiegers presents dozens of concise lessons and practical recommendations you can apply to projects of all kinds, regardless of your application domain, technology, development lifecycle, or platform infrastructure. The principles, perspectives, and philosophical observations Wiegers holds have proven valid for decades, and will remain relevant for many years to come. Embodying both wisdom for deeper understanding and guidance for practical use, they represent an invaluable complement to
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