Gabriele Lana

Fabio, sapendo la mia passione per i libri mi ha mandato una mail chiedendomi quanti dei Top 100 Best Software Engineering Books avessi letto, prontamente ecco la risposta

legenda

• * significa comprato e letto (in tutto 58)
• + significa comprato e da leggere (in tutto 6)
• - significa non comprato e non letto (in tutto 36)

* Steve McConnell Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction (2nd Edition)
+ Elisabeth Freeman, etc. Head First Design Patterns
* Steve McConnell Rapid Development
* Erich Gamma Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software
- Bruce Schneier Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms, and Source Code (2nd Edition)
* Robert C. Martin Agile Software Development: Principles, Patterns and Practices
* Joel Spolsky Joel on Software
* Tom DeMarco, Timothy Lister Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams (2nd Edition)
* Frederick P. Brooks The Mythical Man-Month, Anniversary Edition (2nd Edition)
* Martin Fowler Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code
* Mike Cohn Agile Estimating and Planning
* Alistair Cockburn Writing Effective Use Cases
* Bertrand Meyer Object-Oriented Software Construction (2nd Edition)
+ Steve McConnell Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art
* Mike Cohn User Stories Applied: For Agile Software Development
- Donald E. Knuth The Art of Computer Programming, Volumes 1-3 Boxed Set (2nd Edition)
* Martin Fowler Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture
* Jeffrey Friedl Mastering Regular Expressions
* Andrew Hunt, David Thomas The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master
- Karl E. Wiegers Software Requirements (2nd Edition)
* Craig Larman Applying UML and Patterns (3rd Edition)
* Alistair Cockburn Agile Software Development: The Cooperative Game (2nd Edition)
- Gary McGraw Software Security: Building Security In
* Gregor Hohpe, Bobby Woolf Enterprise Integration Patterns: Designing, Building, and Deploying Messaging Solutions
* Tom DeMarco The Deadline: A Novel About Project Management
* Craig Larman Agile and Iterative Development: A Manager’s Guide
- Eric A. Marks, Michael Bell Service-Oriented Architecture: A Planning and Implementation Guide for Business and Technology
* Thomas H. Cormen, etc. Introduction to Algorithms, Second Edition
- Thomas Erl Service-Oriented Architecture: A Field Guide to Integrating XML and Web Services
* Martin Fowler UML Distilled: A Brief Guide to the Standard Object Modeling Language (3rd Edition)
* Kent Beck Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change (2nd Edition)
+ Alan Shalloway, James Trott Design Patterns Explained: A New Perspective on Object-Oriented Design (2nd Edition)
+ Grady Booch, etc. Object-Oriented Analysis and Design with Applications (3rd Edition)
* Jim Highsmith Agile Project Management: Creating Innovative Products
* Scott Berkun Making Things Happen: Mastering Project Management
* Jon Bentley Programming Pearls (2nd Edition)
* Paul Duvall, etc. Continuous Integration: Improving Software Quality and Reducing Risk
- Andrew Stellman, Jennifer Greene Applied Software Project Management
- Clemens Szyperski Component Software: Beyond Object-Oriented Programming
- Arthur J. Riel Object-Oriented Design Heuristics
- Thomas Erl SOA Principles of Service Design
* Mary Poppendieck, Tom Poppendieck Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit
* Ken Schwaber Agile Project Management with Scrum
* Ken Schwaber, Mike Beedle Agile Software Development with Scrum
* Joshua Kerievsky Refactoring to Patterns
* Alistair Cockburn Crystal Clear: A Human-Powered Methodology for Small Teams
- Steve McConnell Software Project Survival Guide
* Tom DeMarco, Timothy Lister Waltzing With Bears: Managing Risk on Software Projects
* Venkat Subramaniam, Andy Hunt Practices of an Agile Developer: Working in the Real World
- Kathy Schwalbe Information Technology Project Management
- Randall Hyde Write Great Code: Volume 1: Understanding the Machine
* Scott Rosenberg Dreaming in Code: Two Dozen Programmers, Three Years, 4,732 Bugs, and One Quest for Transcendent Software
* Cem Kaner, etc. Lessons Learned in Software Testing
* Andy Oram, Greg Wilson Beautiful Code: Leading Programmers Explain How They Think
- Luke Hohmann Beyond Software Architecture: Creating and Sustaining Winning Solutions
- Grady Booch Unified Modeling Language User Guide, The (2nd Edition)
* Karl Fogel Producing Open Source Software: How to Run a Successful Free Software Project
* Michael Feathers Working Effectively with Legacy Code
* Kent Beck Test Driven Development: By Example
- Per Kroll, Philippe Kruchten The Rational Unified Process Made Easy: A Practitioner’s Guide to the RUP
- Thomas Erl Service-Oriented Architecture: Concepts, Technology, and Design
* Cem Kaner, etc. Testing Computer Software (2nd Edition)
- Frank Buschmann, etc. Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture Volume 1: A System of Patterns
* Harold Abelson, Gerald Jay Sussman Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs – 2nd Edition
- Dan Pilone UML 2.0 in a Nutshell
- Brett D. McLaughlin, etc. Head First Object-Oriented Analysis and Design
* Johanna Rothman Manage It!: Your Guide to Modern, Pragmatic Project Management
* James Shore, Shane Warden The Art of Agile Development
- Brian W. Kernighan, Rob Pike The Practice of Programming
* Ron Jeffries, etc. Extreme Programming Installed
* Scott W. Ambler, Pramodkumar J. Sadalage Refactoring Databases: Evolutionary Database Design
* Jared Richardson, William Gwaltney Ship it! A Practical Guide to Successful Software Projects
- Greg Hoglund, Gary McGraw Exploiting Software: How to Break Code
* Michael Nygard Release It!: Design and Deploy Production-Ready Software
* Edward Yourdon Death March (2nd Edition)
* Stephen P. Berczuk, etc. Software Configuration Management Patterns: Effective Teamwork, Practical Integration
- Elfriede Dustin, etc. Automated Software Testing: Introduction, Management, and Performance
- Donald C. Gause, Gerald M. Weinberg Exploring Requirements: Quality Before Design
- Tom Gilb Competitive Engineering
- David J. Agans Debugging
- Eldad Eilam Reversing: Secrets of Reverse Engineering
* Robert L. Glass Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering
- Martin Fowler Analysis Patterns: Reusable Object Models
+ Matt Weisfeld The Object-Oriented Thought Process (2nd Edition)
* John M. Vlissides Pattern Hatching: Design Patterns Applied
* Johanna Rothman Behind Closed Doors: Secrets of Great Management
- Robert K. Wysocki Effective Project Management: Traditional, Adaptive, Extreme
+ Ellen Gottesdiener Requirements by Collaboration: Workshops for Defining Needs
* Eric Evans Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software
- Nick Rozanski, Eóin Woods Software Systems Architecture: Working With Stakeholders Using Viewpoints and Perspectives
- Peter Rob, Carlos Coronel Database Systems: Design, Implementation, and Management (8th Edition)
- Robert Orfali, etc. Client/Server Survival Guide (3rd Edition)
- Douglas Schmidt, etc. Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture Volume 2: Patterns for Concurrent and Networked Objects
- Michael Lopp Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager
* Paul Graham Hackers and Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age
- Philippe Kruchten The Rational Unified Process: An Introduction (3rd Edition)
* Joel Spolsky The Best Software Writing I: Selected and Introduced by Joel Spolsky
* James O. Coplien, Neil B. Harrison Organizational Patterns of Agile Software Development
* Esther Derby, etc. Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great
- Henry S. Warren Hacker’s Delight

In retrospettiva

• Non esiste la categoria non acquistati ma letti, il che fa trasparire il mio feticismo nei confronti dei libri
• Compro più libri di quanti non ne riesca effettivamente a leggere, male, dovrei limitarmi, subisco uno strano effetto: il solo atto di comprare libri mi fa sentire meno ignorante, un po’ come quando vai ad iscriverti in palestra e fai subito l’abbonamento di 6 mesi perchè tanto questa volta fai sul serio ;-P
• “Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs” 64° è un delito, probabilmente nella mia classifica personale, ora come ora, occupa il primo posto
• Mi dispiaccio un po’ per non aver letto “The Practice of Programming” (fa parte della storia dell’informatica), “Exploring Requirements: Quality Before Design” (tutto cio che ha scritto Gerald M. Weinberg dovrebbe essere letto) e “Analysis Patterns: Reusable Object Models” (non so, non l’ho comprato all’epoca, poi ho sempre sentito Fowler stesso dichiararlo come “datato”, ciò non toglie che a pelle mi sa che mi sono perso qualcosa)
• Un po’ di roba l’ho letta, qualcosa me la ricordo anche, come mai mi sento sempre così ignorante?

Per finire, ecco le prove, per lo meno del possesso ;-)

P.S. Non avevo notato la preoccupante imbarcatura della libreria che tra l’altro sta sopra la mia testa in questo momento… 8-O