Coder to Developer : Tools and Strategies for Delivering Your Software.
Title:
Coder to Developer : Tools and Strategies for Delivering Your Software.
Author:
Gunderloy, Mike.
ISBN:
9780782151251
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (322 pages)
Contents:
Coder to Developer: Tools and Strategies for Delivering Your Software -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contents at a Glance -- Contents -- Introduction -- Tools of the Trade -- How This Book Is Organized -- About the Sample Application -- Keeping Up to Date -- Chapter 1: Planning Your Project -- Nailing Down a Feature Set -- Handling Requirements -- Project-Tracking Tools -- Choosing a Methodology -- Planning Checklist -- Chapter 2: Organizing Your Project -- Thinking about Architecture -- Introducing Patterns -- Starting a New Project -- Scheduling Deliveries -- Organization Checklist -- Chapter 3: Using Source Code Control Effectively -- The Three Levels of Source Code Control Enlightenment -- Source Code Control Alternatives -- Choosing Your Source Code Control System -- Best Practices in Source Code Control -- Source Code Control for Download Tracker -- Source Code Control Checklist -- Chapter 4: Coding Defensively -- Assertions and Exceptions -- Comments or Self-Documenting Code? -- Defensive Coding Checklist -- Chapter 5: Preventing Bugs with Unit Testing -- The Testing Landscape -- Unit Testing in Action -- Test-Driven Development -- Refactoring -- Unit Testing Checklist -- Chapter 6: Pumping Up the IDE -- Customizing Visual Studio .NET -- Writing VS .NET Macros -- Choosing Add-Ins -- IDE Checklist -- Chapter 7: Digging Into Source Code -- Spelunking Utilities -- Sources of Reusable Source Code -- Evaluating Code: FxCop -- Source Code Checklist -- Chapter 8: Generating Code -- Understanding Code Generation -- Code Generation for .NET -- Code Generation in Download Tracker -- Deciding Whether to use Code Generation -- Code-Generation Checklist -- Chapter 9: Tracking and Squashing Bugs -- Risk Management -- QA and Testing -- Bug-Tracking Tools -- Bug-Squashing Checklist -- Chapter 10: Logging Application Activity -- Logging Strategies.
Logging Tools -- Diagnostic Tools -- Logging Checklist -- Chapter 11: Working with Small Teams -- Why Work with a Team? -- Managing a Team -- Tools for Distributed Teams -- Teams Checklist -- Chapter 12: Creating Documentation -- Writing End-User Help Files -- Creating Developer Help Files -- Writing Manuals -- Writing Team Documentation -- Documentation Checklist -- Chapter 13: Mastering the Build Process -- Developing a Build Process -- Tools for Daily Builds -- Continuous Integration -- Problems and Solutions -- Build Process Checklist -- Chapter 14: Protecting Your Intellectual Property -- Writing Software Contracts -- Licensing Your Software -- Using Obfuscation to Protect Your Algorithms -- Property Protection Checklist -- Chapter 15: Delivering the Application -- Writing Robust Installers -- Building a Setup for Download Tracker -- Alternatives to Traditional Installers -- Delivery Checklist -- Index.
Abstract:
"Two thumbs up" -Gregory V. Wilson, Dr. Dobbs Journal (October 2004) No one can disparage the ability to write good code. At its highest levels, it is an art. But no one can confuse writing good code with developing good software. The difference-in terms of challenges, skills, and compensation-is immense. Coder to Developer helps you excel at the many non-coding tasks entailed, from start to finish, in just about any successful development project. What's more, it equips you with the mindset and self-assurance required to pull it all together, so that you see every piece of your work as part of a coherent process. Inside, you'll find plenty of technical guidance on such topics as: Choosing and using a source code control system Code generation tools--when and why Preventing bugs with unit testing Tracking, fixing, and learning from bugs Application activity logging Streamlining and systematizing the build process Traditional installations and alternative approaches To pull all of this together, the author has provided the source code for Download Tracker, a tool for organizing your collection of downloaded code, that's used for examples throughout this book. The code is provided in various states of completion, reflecting every stage of development, so that you can dig deep into the actual process of building software. But you'll also develop "softer" skills, in areas such as team management, open source collaboration, user and developer documentation, and intellectual property protection. If you want to become someone who can deliver not just good code but also a good product, this book is the place to start. If you must build successful software projects, it's essential reading.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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