Category: Book Review

Books I’m reading

Posted on May 19, 2011 in Book Review by KG2V

I received the book Fuzzy Nation written by John Scalzi So Far, I’m really enjoying this book, just like I did his entire “Old Man’s War” series

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Working Effectively with Legacy Code

Posted on August 21, 2009 in Book Review,Programming by KG2V

What can be said about Michael Feathers’ Working Effectively with Legacy Code that has not already been said? This book, along with a few others (for example, Code Completeand Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code ) belong on every programmer’s bookshelf. Michael defines “Legacy Code” as “Code without tests”. In this book, he shows […]

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Machine Shop Trade Secrets

Posted on August 21, 2009 in Book Review,Metalworking,The Bookshelf by KG2V

A couple of years ago, the author of the book Machine Shop Trade Secrets sent me a copy for review, and I’ve had a quick review on mw web site for a long time, but I thought it was time to expand it a bit. This book, written by James A Harvey, is a compendium […]

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