Bookshelf

Some well-thumbed books that spend more time on my desk than on the shelves.

	Consulting
	Project Management
	Software Engineering
	Object-oriented Development
	Interface Design
	Databases and data access technologies
	Visual Foxpro
	Other technologies

Consulting

Stephen Fishmen, Software Development, a Legal Guide

ISBN 0-87337-397-9 Nolo Press

Tom Peters, Reinventing Work Series : The Brand You 50

Fifty ways to transform yourself from an "employee" into a brand that shouts distinction, commitment and passion.

ISBN 0-375-40772-3 Knopf

Marcia Yudkin, Marketing on-Line

Low-cost, high-yield strategies for small businesses and professionals.

ISBN 0-452-27529-6 Penguin

Gerald M. Weinberg, The Secrets of Consulting

Agenda to giving and getting advice successfully.

ISBN 0-932633-01-3 Dorset House

Whil Hentzen, The 1997 Developer's Guide

An irreverent guide to selling, specifying, pricing, manufacturing and shipping high quality custom software.

ISBN 0-9655093-1-1 Hentzenwerke

Roberta Cava, Dealing with difficult people

Proven strategies for handling stressful situations and defusing tensions.

ISBN 0-7499-1019-4 Key Porter Books

Project Management

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Jim Mc Carthy, Dynamics of Software Development

"Don't flip the bozo bit" and 53 more rules for delivering great software on time.

ISBN 1-55615-823-8 Microsoft Press

Steve Maguire, Debugging the Development Process

Practical strategies for staying focused, hitting ship dates and building solid teams.

ISBN 1-55615-650-2 Microsoft Press

Steve Mc Connell, Rapid Development

Taming wild software schedules.

ISBN 1-55615-900-5 Microsoft Press

Steve Mc Connell, Software Project Survival Guide

How to be sure your first important project isn't your last.

ISBN 1-57231-621-7 Microsoft Press

Software Engineering

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Alan Cooper, The Inmates are running the Asylum

Why high-tech products drive us crazy and how to restore the sanity.

ISBN 0-672-31649-8 Sams Publishing

MCSD Training Kit, Analyzing Requirements and Defining Solution Architectures

ISBN 0-7356-0854-7 Microsoft Press

Steve Mc Connell, Code Complete

A practical handbook of software construction.

ISBN 1-55615-484-4 Microsoft Press

Karl E. Wiegers, Software Requirements

Practical techniques for gathering and managing requirements throughout the product development cycle.

ISBN 0-7356-0631-5 Microsoft Press

Tom Demarco, Why does software cost so much ?

...and other puzzles of the information age.

ISBN 0-932633-34-X Dorset House

Object-Oriented Development

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Gamma, Helm, Johnson, Vlissides,

Design Patterns, elements of reusable object-oriented software

ISBN 0-201-63361-2 Addison-Wesley

Wolfgang Pree, Design Patterns for object-oriented software development

ISBN 0-201-42294-8 Addison-Wesley

Martin Fowler, UML distilled

A brief guide to the standard object-oriented language.

ISBN 0-201-65783-X Addison-Wesley

Pierre-Alain Muller, Instant UML

Learn how to document the object-oriented development process

ISBN 1-861000-87-1 WROX

Markus Egger, Advanced OOP with Visual Foxpro 6.0

ISBN 0-96550-938-9 Hentzenwerke

Interface Design

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Alan Cooper, About Face

The essentials of User Interface Design.

ISBN 1-56884-322-4 IDG Books

Patrick J. Lynch & Sarah Horton, Web Style Guide

Basic design principles fpr creating web sites.

ISBN 0-300-07675-4 Yale University Press

Donald A. Norman, The design of everyday things

Design for usability.

ISBN 0385-26774-6 Doubleday

Databases and data access technologies

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David Sceppa, Programming ADO

Use experience-based examples and best practices to create seamless database connectivity faster.

ISBN 0-7356-0764-8 Microsoft Press

Kalen Delaney, Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2000

Learn how to turn world-class knowledge management power and scalability into results.

ISBN 0-7356-0998-5 Microsoft Press

Chuck Urwiler, Gary Dewitt, Mike Levy, Leslie Koorhan

Client/Server applications with Visual Foxpro and SQL Server

ISBN 1-930919-01-8 Hentzenwerke

Visual Foxpro

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Tamar E. Granor, Doug Hennig, Kevin Mc Neish

What's new in Visual Foxpro 7.0

ISBN 1-930919-06-9 Hentzenwerke

Tamar E. Granor, Della Martin, Microsoft Office Automation with Visual Foxpro

Sometimes called "Autofox"

ISBN 0-9655093-0-3 Hentzenwerke

Marcia Akins, Andy Kramek, Rich Schummer

1001 Things you wanted to know about Visual Foxpro

also known as "Kilofox"

ISBN 0-9655093-3-8 Hentzenwerke

Rick Strahl, Internet Applications with Visual Foxpro 6.0

ISBN 0-96550-939-7 Hentzenwerke

Jim Booth, Steve Sawyer, Effective Techniques for Application Development with Visual Foxpro 6.0

ISBN 0-96550-937-0 Hentzenwerke

Whil Hentzen, The Fundamentals

Building Visual Studio Applications on a Visual Foxpro 6.0 foundation.

ISBN 0-96550-935-4 Hentzenwerke

More books about Visual Foxpro can be found at www.hentzenwerke.com

Other Technologies

David Chappell, Understanding ActiveX and OLE

ISBN 1-57231-216-5 Microsoft Press

Ted Roche, Essential Source Safe

ISBN 0-930919-05-0 Hentzenwerke

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Last modified on 23 Nov 2003

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