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From the inventor of Pascal and Modula-2 comes a new version of Niklaus Wirth's classic work, Algorithms Plus Data Structure Equals Programs (PH, l975). This title uses Modula-2 and includes new material on sequential structure, searching and priority search trees....

This book is certainly about software development management, but it is also a book about business. Managers can no longer afford to discuss these two topics independently. This book is meant to eliminate the seat-of-the-pants intuition and rough approximations that have been far too prevalent in software development management. The growing popularity of agile methods has shown that a healthy balance between strict process and individual flexibility can be achieved. David Anderson takes it a step farther, and explains how the healthy balance of agility can help businesses become more profitable. The result is a book that will allow managers to foster teams that produce better software, less expensively, on time, and with fewer defects....

Agile Java is a valuable tutorial and reference. It introduces the Java languagewith no assumptions about a developer's background in Java, object-orienteddevelopment, or TDD. The book will also retain significant value as acookbook that readers will turn to time and again to learn how to approachTDD with respect to various language features.Teh author stresses the importance of TDD by showing coded tests for everyJava feature taught. A programmer learning with this book will understand howto translate oral requirements into tests, and tests into working code. Readersalso learn how TDD impacts the design of the system, and vice versa. In short,anyone who wants to understand what it takes to build a professional, robustsoftware system using Java will ...

Praise for Agile Estimating and Planning "Traditional, deterministic approaches to planning and estimating simply don't cut it on the slippery slopes of today's dynamic, change-driven projects. Mike Cohn's breakthrough book gives us not only the philosophy, but also the guidelines and a proven set of tools that we need to succeed in planning, estimating, and scheduling projects with a high uncertainty factor. At the same time, the author never loses sight of the need to deliver business value to the customer each step of the way." Doug DeCarlo, author of eXtreme Project Management: Using Leadership, Principles and Tools to Deliver Value in the Face of Volatility (Jossey-Bass, 2004) "We know how to build predictive plans and manage t...

Straight from IBM, Advanced DBA Certification Guide and Reference for DB2 Universal Database v8for Linux, UNIX, and Windows is the definitive guide to enterprise-class DB2 v8 administration - andthe only authoritative self-study guide for IBM's new DB2 advanced DBA exam. Delivers proventechniques for enterprise-class security, user management, recovery, scalability, optimization,troubleshooting, remote administration, and more! CD-ROM: DB2 Universal Database v8 EnterpriseServer Edition trial version plus complete documentation....