Summary Strategies for building systems that can be adapted for new situations with only minor programming modifications. Time pressures encourage programmers to write code that works well for a narrow purpose, with no room to grow. But the best systems are evolvable; they can be adapted for new situations by adding code, rather than changing the existing code. The authors desc...(展开全部)

伦妮·布朗（Renni Browne），美国文学出版界长青树，从事编辑工作超过五十年。她在二十出头就踏入出版界，凭借对文字的敏感度，迅速成为著名文学出版社 William Morrow 的资深编辑。在1980年创办了全美第一家全方位的编辑顾问公司「编辑部」（The Editorial Department），多部畅销作品曾得力于伦妮的修稿服务，如长踞《纽约时报》畅销金榜的雪薇·史蒂文斯《失踪之后》。 戴夫·金（Dave King），知名独立编辑，亦是写作杂志《作家文摘》（Writer’s Digest）特约编辑。经手书稿从悬疑小说、历史小说、青少年小说、爱情小说到个人回忆录都有。目前和老伴住在美国麻州，自耕蔬果，养两只鸡，拥有一片自己的森林，最大愿望是所有他的客户有朝一日都能成为全职作家。

How to Break Software is a departure from conventional testing in which testers prepare a written test plan and then use it as a script when testing the software. The testing techniques in this book are as flexible as conventional testing is rigid. And flexibility is needed in software projects in which requirements can change, bugs can become features and schedule pressures of...(展开全部)

How to Break Software is a departure from conventional testing in which testers prepare a written test plan and then use it as a script when testing the software. The testing techniques in this book are as flexible as conventional testing is rigid. And flexibility is needed in software projects in which requirements can change, bugs can become features and schedule pressures of...(展开全部)

Hundreds of books have been written on the art of writing. Here at last is a book by two professional editors to teach writers the techniques of the editing trade that turn promising manuscripts into published novels and short stories. In this completely revised and updated second edition, Renni Browne and Dave King teach you, the writer, how to apply the editing techniques the...(展开全部)

This introduction to programming places computer science in the core of a liberal arts education. Unlike other introductory books, it focuses on the program design process. This approach fosters a variety of skills--critical reading, analytical thinking, creative synthesis, and attention to detail--that are important for everyone, not just future computer programmers. The book ...(展开全部)

This book describes how car design and technology work through the eyes of the most talented and powerful car designers in the world. The interviews give a deep understanding of why we see what we see on the highways of the world. Author Tony Lewin has been a highly regarded magazine editor on the world stage for so long that some of the top young guns revealing all in this boo...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Is it impossible to schedule enough time to include users in your design process? Is it difficult to incorporate elaborate user-centered design techniques into your own standard design practices? Do the resources needed seem overwhelming? This handbook introduces Rapid CD, a fast-paced, adaptive form of Contextual Design. Rapid CD is a hands-on guide for anyone who ne...(展开全部)

This introduction to programming places computer science in the core of a liberal arts education. Unlike other introductory books, it focuses on the program design process. This approach fosters a variety of skills--critical reading, analytical thinking, creative synthesis, and attention to detail--that are important for everyone, not just future computer programmers. The book ...(展开全部)

Righting Software presents the proven, structured, and highly engineered approach to software design that renowned architect Juval Löwy has practiced and taught around the world. Although companies of every kind have successfully implemented his original design ideas across hundreds of systems, these insights have never before appeared in print. Based on first principles in sof...(展开全部)