Software Engineering/Programming Practice

• The Practice of Programming
  Brian Kernighan and Rob Pike
  Addison-Wesley
  ISBN: 0-201-61586-X
  http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/tpop/

  A great style manual with lessons that apply to any language.¹²

• Code Complete
  Steve McConnell
  Microsoft Press
  ISBN: 1-556-15484-4
  http://www.construx.com/stevemcc/

  Perhaps the best known (if not only) book on the practice of software construction, full of practical programming advice with examples from a plethora of languages. Also contains some commentary on project management and programmer psychology.

• The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering
  Fred Brooks
  Addison Wesley Longman
  ISBN: 0-201-83595-9
  http://www.cs.unc.edu/~brooks/

  The seminal guide to software project management, contains sage advice which has been quoted by almost everyone who's anyone since its original publication.

• Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change
  Kent Beck
  Addison Wesley Longman
  ISBN: 0-201-61641-6
  http://www.extremeprogramming.org/index.html

  A fresh new approach to software development which emphasizes cooperation, self-documenting code, and frequent integration testing.

• Toward Zero-Defect Programming
  Allan M. Stavely
  Addison Wesley
  ISBN: 0-201-38595-3
  http://cseng.awl.com/book/backcover/0,3828,0201385953,00.html

  Illustrates how rigorous, regular use of specification, verification, and testing has been successfully used to create nearly bug-free systems and reduce total development time in real-world commercial software engineering practice. The model for this process is IBM's ``Cleanroom'' methodology.