RISE & RESURRECTION OF THE AMERICAN PROGRAMMER (Yourdon Press Computing Series)

Yourdon, Edward

ISBN 10: 013121831X / ISBN 13: 9780131218314

Published by Yourdon Press/Prentice Hall Bldg, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 1996

About this Item

BRAND NEW & COLLECTIBLE w/trace wear to dustjacket. First Edition, First Printing. Software industry history. Edward Nash Yourdon (1944), software engineer, computer consultant, author and lecturer, is also a pioneer in the software engineering methodology. This volume is a sequel to Decline and Fall of the American Programmer (1992) warning of the rise of programmers in other countries (particularly India and Japan) who were able to produce software less expensively with higher quality. In this follow-up book, Yourdon sees renaissance in the state of American software industry. 13 chapters in 3 parts: Part I, Decline & Fall, Re-examined; II, Repaving Cowpaths; and II, The Brave New World, followed by Appendix: An Updated Programmer's Bookshelf.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: RISE & RESURRECTION OF THE AMERICAN PROGRAMMER (Yourdon Press Computing Series)
• Publisher: Yourdon Press/Prentice Hall Bldg, Upper Saddle River, NJ
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 013121831X
• ISBN 13: 9780131218314
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition, First Printing
• Condition: NEW - COLLECTIBLE
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Economics
  • Computers/Computer Science/Hardware/Software
  • History

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Synopsis

A comprehensive profile of today's software landscape features insightful chapters on such areas as Microsoft, the Internet, the future of embedded systems, and the role of client/server. Original. (All Users)

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How to flourish as a programmer in today's radically-new world of software development. Comprehensive coverage of today's entire software landscape. Thought-provoking chapters on Microsoft, the Internet, the future of embedded systems, and where client/server really fits. Includes a complete chart comparing the pros and cons of powerbuilder, Visual Basic, C++, Smalltalk and other development environments.