Feature Driven Development

Object Technology: A Manager's Guide (2nd Edition) author: David A. Taylor asin: 0201309947 binding: Paperback list price: $44.99 USD amazon price: $38.62 USD

The first edition was great and the second edition is even better. The book I give out to all managers or executives that needed to understand what this OO project was about. It takes great skill to condense down complex topics to a simplicity and clarity that Taylor has achieved here. Still a great read and very useful to anyone wanting a quick but valuable intro to OO.

Object Lessons: Lessons Learned in Object-Oriented Development Projects author: Tom Love asin: 0134724321 binding: Paperback list price: $55.00 USD amazon price: $55.00 USD

This is a fantastic book. I used to give it out on all my OO projects to people that didn't "get it." More than just OO though it also teaches a great deal about the truths of software development.

Inside Taligent Technology (Inside Taligent Series) author: Sean Cotter Michael J. Potel asin: 0201409704 binding: Paperback list price: $29.95 USD amazon price: $29.95

Old and a project that is (sadly) no longer, but many of the ideas are still terrific. Also has great descriptions of OO concepts and approaches (commands, selections, MVP, etc.).

More Effective C++: 35 New Ways to Improve Your Programs and Designs author: Scott Meyers asin: 020163371X binding: Paperback list price: $49.99 USD amazon price: $40.94 USD

Wow - all programming books should be written like this (and a few others have since followed). Meyers doesn't just say "do this" he says: achieve this goal and you would probably go about this way, but that would have these problems, so you would probably change it to this, but then that would introduce these other concerns, and so on it goes... In other words, he teaches by example all the commmon alternative implementation approaches to stated goal or tip. Thus ensuring that not only is there buy-in to the tip or goal but that there is a deep understanding of why and of a number of related concerns.

C++ FAQs: Frequently Asked Questions author: Marshall P. Cline Greg A. Lomow asin: 0201589583 binding: Paperback list price: $36.95 USD amazon price: $36.95

A bit dated but a great book and Cline is a great teacher.

Java Design: Building Better Apps and Applets (2nd Edition) author: Peter Coad Mark Mayfield Jonathan Kern asin: 0139111816 binding: Paperback list price: $44.99 USD amazon price: $44.99

The first book to consider Java-inspired design and modeling. Coad was way ahead of the pack in moving from inheritance to composition and designing with interfaces.

Effective Java Programming Language Guide author: Joshua Bloch asin: 0201310058 binding: Paperback list price: $54.99 USD amazon price: $44.87 USD

Coding standards on a project should be like this book. ie. not just syntactic standards, but semantic standards as well and with an appropriate level of explanation and instruction. Every Java project should have this book.

The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, 20th Anniversary Edition author: Frederick P. Brooks asin: 0201835959 binding: Paperback list price: $39.99 USD amazon price: $31.78 USD

One of the books everyone should read. Many great messages - it's not linear, division of labor vs conceptual integrity of the whole, and of course no silver bullet. Harlan Mills surgical teams (FDD feature teams) are described here.