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Last weekend I met with Johannes for a couple of beers at Mono. As always, our discussions got quite esoteric and one of the things we talked about was weird computer science books. If you’re anything like me, you steer away from the mass produced “Teach yourself something in 24 hours” titles and head for the ones that really stand out. In the ...

''Code without tests is bad code. It doesn't matter how well written it is; it doesn't matter how pretty or object-oriented or well-encapsulated it is is. With tests, we can change the behavior of our code quickly and verifiably. Without them, we really don't know if our code is getting better or worse.''Michael C. Feathers Traditionally the term ...

Last night I was unable to sleep, so I started reading Domain Specific Development with Visual Studio DSL Tools and I was immediately reminded of my rant about software factories. Just like with the software factories provided by the Patterns and Practices team, the examples in the book are bad examples of what you should use a visual DSL ...

Some days ago I got an e-mail from one of my co-workers asking which books I would recommend for people who've just started their programming careers. I first sat down and wrote a long list of titles, but then I decided to cut it down to just the essentials. These are the books you need to read. This post, which will be the first in a series on ...