Learn the lessons of school of hard knocks — without the pain of the knocks! These books, carefully created for software development professional, impart the knowledge and wisdom of leading-edge experts. The authors, grounded in years of on-the-job know-how, focus on the application of theory — delivering hard-earned insights that only surface with experience.

Making Things Happen
By Scott Berkun
March 2008 
$39.99 USD

In the updated edition of this critically acclaimed and bestselling book, Microsoft insider Scott Berkun offers a collection of essays on field-tested philosophies and strategies for defining, leading, and managing… Read more.

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The Art of Agile Development
By James Shore, Shane Warden
October 2007 
$39.99 USD

Plenty of books describe what agile development is or why it helps software projects succeed, but very few combine information for developers, managers, testers, and customers into a single package… Read more.

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SOA in Practice
By Nicolai Josuttis
August 2007 
$39.99 USD

Service-oriented architecture (SOA) is finally becoming a concrete discipline rather than a hopeful collection of cloud charts. This book demonstrates how SOA can simplify the creation of large-scale applications, whether… Read more.

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Beautiful Code
June 2007 
$44.99 USD

How do the experts solve difficult problems in software development? In this unique and insightful book, leading computer scientists offer case studies that reveal how they found unusual, carefully designed… Read more.

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Process Improvement Essentials
By James R. Persse, PhD
September 2006 
$44.99 USD

Process Improvement Essentials combines the foundation needed to understand process improvement theory with the best practices to help individuals implement process improvement initiatives in their organization. The three leading programs:… Read more.

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Ajax Design Patterns
June 2006 
$44.99 USD

This handy reference reveals how Ajax patterns can vastly improve your web development projects. It does so by investigating how others have successfully dealt with conflicting design principles, and then… Read more.

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Enterprise SOA
By Dan Woods, Thomas Mattern
April 2006 
$49.99 USD

Based on extensive research with experts from the German software company SAP, this definitive book is ideal for architects, developers, and other IT professionals who want to understand the technology… Read more.

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The Art of SQL
By Stéphane Faroult, Peter Robson
March 2006 
$44.99 USD

Enterprises throughout the world are confronted with exploding volumes of data, and many IT departments are looking for quick solutions. This insightful book demonstrates that since SQL code may run… Read more.

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RFID Essentials
By Bill Glover, Himanshu Bhatt
January 2006 
$39.99 USD

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is rapidly changing the way businesses track inventory and assets. From Walmart and Tesco, to the U.S. Department of Defense, early efforts are already showing benefit,… Read more.

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Applied Software Project Management
By Andrew Stellman, Jennifer Greene
November 2005 
$39.95 USD

What makes software projects succeed? It takes more than a good idea and a team of talented programmers. Applied Software Project Management provides you with tools, techniques, and practices that… Read more.

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Practical Development Environments
By Matthew B. Doar
September 2005 
$39.95 USD

Everyone wants a good technical environment for developing their software, and Practical Development Environments contains helpful guidelines for how to create and maintain a great development environment. It discusses some… Read more.

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Prefactoring
By Ken Pugh
September 2005 
$29.95 USD

Prefactoring approaches software development of new systems using lessons learned from many developers over the years. It is a compendium of ideas gained from retrospectives on what went right and… Read more.

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Security and Usability
By Lorrie Faith Cranor, Simson Garfinkel
August 2005 
$44.95 USD

There is increasing agreement that we need to design secure computer systems that people can actually use, but less agreement about how to reach this goal. Destined to be the… Read more.

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Essential Business Process Modeling
By Michael Havey
August 2005 
$44.95 USD

Monitoring workflow today can involve orchestrating massive systems. Business Process Management (BPM) helps developers design, code, run, administer, and monitor enterprise business processes. This guide explains BPM concepts, architecture and… Read more.

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Database in Depth
By C.J. Date
May 2005 
$29.95 USD

This concise guide sheds light on the principles behind the relational model, which underlies all database products in wide use today. It goes beyond the hype to give you a… Read more.

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Packaged Composite Applications
By Dan Woods
June 2003 
$29.95 USD

Packaged Composite Applications is the result of a systematic search through the brain trust of SAP for all of the relevant arguments, examples, concepts, and analogies related to Packaged Composite… Read more.

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