Software Engineering: A Practitioner's Approach (IRWIN COMPUTER SCIENCE)

As a finance/math major working in IT - this book is an eye opener! First of all, you don't need to be an engineer to read through this book - you only need an open mind! The author is great at explaining the high level workings of most Software engineering concepts before taking a deeper dive - very beneficial for people who understand and learn by knowing the full picture. This book is easy to read and builds in complexity as you work through it. It is helpful to bring up as a credible reference source. I would not recommend reading this book cover to cover - just read portions that are most relevant to the work at hand - it is very tedious if you are just reading to learn but have no motivation or interest behind it. I have already recommended this book to friends!

I rented the 7th edition for fall 2013. I thought it was a good book at the time even though there were some concepts that didn't seem applicable anymore. So far from reading the 8th edition, through chapter 4, I'm very excited to continue reading the updated material for this class I'm about to start fall 2014. I'm particularly interested in the new organization including mobile application development.

Mon évaluation ne concerne que la compatibilité avec le kindle et non le contenu du livre.

I want to buy the latest version... I love this book; it's a great reference. I repaired to it for multiple software engineering related courses. It's not perfect, but it's a spring board to understanding a lot of principles and methodologies used today, and if you can appreciate it's value, you'll be a better team player and developer for it.

Required for a course I am taking. Well written and easy to follow. Some topics could use a bit more depth but most are very detailed. This is a survey level textbook in practice. The authors long experience as a lecturer and educator makes this book a very strong resource.