false 2243704 1 Get an inside look at how one of Microsoft's EngineeringExcellence directors drives discussions about coding best practices. Thepopular column, I. M. Wright's "Hard Code," was written by Eric Brechner'salter-ego to help stimulate discussion among development engineers atMicrosoft--a proven-effective idea. Deliberately provocative, ideas havebeen debated and pondered by thousands within Microsoft and haveincreasingly drawn attention from others in the industry. With this book,these essays are now available to any developer. They are thematicallyarranged, each helping to spark the imagination, stimulate discussion, andpromote debate about software development tasks and processes. Theyencourage developers to reexamine coding, testing, and software-developmentproject-management practices--and gain insight into their own processes tohelp drive excellence in large, distributed business groups. 2249564 12 9 2007 I. M. Wright's Hard Code (Best Practices) total:7|4:2|3:5| 7 23 15 2 3 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Sep 21 05:44:41 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 05:46:45 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 16:35:56 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 17 14:22:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Oct 04 07:09:09 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 07:09:09 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Sep 01 17:49:11 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 17:49:11 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu May 14 05:51:42 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 05:51:54 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Apr 13 02:39:30 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 02:39:33 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Feb 09 17:05:33 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 17:05:33 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Dec 16 00:57:33 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 16 00:57:40 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Fri Dec 12 20:02:03 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 12 20:30:52 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Mon Nov 24 22:09:01 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 22:09:16 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Fri Nov 14 22:46:57 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 14 22:46:59 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Tue Aug 05 11:06:00 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 05 11:06:00 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Fri Apr 04 19:28:45 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 04 19:28:45 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Fri Apr 04 17:41:31 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 04 17:41:31 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Mar 28 15:46:36 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 28 15:52:12 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2243704