From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,a280575ddd816d06 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-07-11 21:40:32 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!out.nntp.be!propagator-dallas!news-in-dallas.newsfeeds.com!in.nntp.be!easynews!e420r-sjo4.usenetserver.com!newsfeed.usenetserver.com!newshub2.rdc1.sfba.home.com!news.home.com!news1.rsm1.occa.home.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: JM Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Learning to Engineer. Where to begin? Message-ID: References: X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 04:40:31 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.21.59.142 X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news1.rsm1.occa.home.com 994912831 24.21.59.142 (Wed, 11 Jul 2001 21:40:31 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 21:40:31 PDT Organization: Excite@Home - The Leader in Broadband http://home.com/faster Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:9851 Date: 2001-07-12T04:40:31+00:00 List-Id: On Wed, 11 Jul 2001 06:47:57 GMT, "McDoobie" wrote: >Lately I'm really beginning to notice that there is a world of difference >between "programming" and "Software Engineering". Theres alot more >thought, design, and patience involved in the latter. Naturally, it seems to >produce vastly superior software. > >The process of Engineering a piece of software is something I'd like to learn >in-depth. The question is, what materials should I invest in which would >give me a good return on that investment? > >I've ordered the complete set of "The Art of Programming" books by Donald >Knuth, and the "Dragon" books by Aho. I'm also spending alot of time over >at the SEI site, reading any articles there I can get my hands on. > >What else should I check out? Any suggestions? Any advice? > >Laters. > >McDoobie >chris@dont.spam.me My favorite SE type book is "Code Complete", by Steve McConnell. I would consider this book 'required' reading for software engineers. -jason