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Modern Software Engineering: Doing What Works to Build Better Software Faster
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Modern Software Engineering: Doing What Works to Build Better Software Faster

by David Farley
December 2021
Intermediate to advanced
256 pages
7h 25m
English
Addison-Wesley Professional
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Foreword

I studied computer science at university, and of course I completed several modules called “software engineering” or variations on the name.

I was not new to programming when I started my degree and had already implemented a fully working inventory system for my high school’s Careers Library. I remember being extremely confused by “software engineering.” It all seemed designed to get in the way of actually writing code and delivering an application.

When I graduated in the early years of this century, I worked in the IT department for a large car company. As you’d expect, they were big on software engineering. It’s here I saw my first (but certainly not my last!) Gantt chart, and it’s where I experienced waterfall development. That ...

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ISBN: 9780137314942