X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?p=wiki.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=PersonalEducation;h=b12bf2a5954ded4d228923d63cf6bb33bb84f78b;hp=e0b4f8c55ee036111cfa1c8d619adf4c3adfdc5f;hb=16097d9805fdefc02e4faee12bf87e7bc8fc7bf8;hpb=bab8fca3157c07c9b0dec93913ccdd8bff7ea259 diff --git a/PersonalEducation b/PersonalEducation index e0b4f8c..b12bf2a 100644 --- a/PersonalEducation +++ b/PersonalEducation @@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ === Non-formal studies and self-teaching === -I made up for lack of good formal education by being a good customer of the local libraries: +To compensate for the lack of good formal education, I became a good customer of the local libraries: - * **Compilers**, reading several textbooks such as CompilersPrinciplesTechniquesAndTools, + * **Compilers**, reading plenty of textbooks such as CompilersPrinciplesTechniquesAndTools, and many others. * **Algorithms** -- many, including classics such as DonaldKnuth's bible TheArtOfComputerProgramming, @@ -35,13 +35,15 @@ I made up for lack of good formal education by being a good customer of the loca * **Programming Techniques** -- Countless. Such as SeePlusPlusTemplateMetaprogramming and the controversial ModernSeePlusPlusDesign by AndreiAlexandrescu. - My absolute favourite is BrianKernighan's and RobPike's ThePracticeOfProgramming. + My absolute favourite is Brian Kernighan's and Rob Pike's [[http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/tpop/ | The Practice of Programming]]. * **Software Architecture and Design** -- All the "must-read" classics such as GangOfFour's DesignPatterns, UmlDistilled and UmlDesignPatterns. - * **Project Management** -- My favourite certainly is TheMythicalManMonth, but I've - read a few others such as ExecutionPlainAndSimple. + * **Project Management** -- My favourites are TheMythicalManMonth and + [[http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?AntiPatternsBook|AntiPatterns]], but I've also read + [[http://www.amazon.com/Waltzing-Bears-Managing-Software-Projects/dp/0932633609|WaltzingWithBears]], + [[ExecutionPlainAndSimple]] and a few others. * **Technical Writing** -- TheElementsOfStyle and DonaldKnuth's TheTexBook are my favourites on the topics of stylish writing and typesetting. @@ -50,4 +52,4 @@ I made up for lack of good formal education by being a good customer of the loca Nevertheless, I enjoyed reading DonaldKnuth's ConcreteMathematics and CambridgeUniversityPress' NumericalRecipes. - * **Database** -- Relational algebra, principles of schema normalization, SQL. + * **Database** -- Relational algebra, principles of schema normalization, SQL. \ No newline at end of file