Book Review: The Productive Programmer by Neal Ford

Book Review: The Productive Programmer by Neal Ford: Publisher- O’Reilly: ISBN- 13: 978-0-596-51978-0

This book is targeted to developers who must be consumer of self improvement books which lists lot of commonly identifiable day to day improvements but difficult to implement. But no doubt, book reminds lot of tips and tricks which can enhance the productivity of an average developer.

Book has divided into parts mechanics and practice which lists and identify rules of productivity and philosophy behind those rules respectively.

The first two chapters (chapter 2 and 3) talk about small tits bits of increasing productivity of an programmer using some disciple and using some tools.

Chapters 4 and 5 focus on principles automation and uniqueness.

Chapters 6 to 15 talk about some more involving practices of increasing programmers’ productivity and theoretical aspects from various walks of life.

I certainly recommend the book. It is nice read but will not keep it in my bookshelf.

Disclaimer: I did not get paid to review this book, and I do not stand to gain anything if you buy the book. I have no relationship with the publisher or the author.

Further reading: A competing book is Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship by Robert C. Martin http://www.amazon.com/Clean-Code-Handbook-Software-Craftsmanship/dp/0132350882/

One can get more information about book and related topics from:

1. Book’s web presence http://productiveprogrammer.com
2. Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Productive-Programmer-Theory-Practice-OReilly/dp/0596519788
3. Flipkart : http://www.flipkart.com/productive-programmer-neal-ford-david/0596519788-i1w3faz05d
4. Publisher – O’Reilly: http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596519544
5. Dr. Dobbs Review: http://dobbscodetalk.com/index.php?option=com_myblog&show=The-Productive-Programmer-Book-Review.html&Itemid=29
6. leftontheweb review: http://www.leftontheweb.com/message/Book_Review_The_Productive_Programmer
7. Agile Developer Venkat's Blog review: http://www.agiledeveloper.com/blog/PermaLink.aspx?guid=f77b98ff-2865-4a27-951c-bf51bd159468
8. Library Thing review: http://www.librarything.com/work/5606442
9. Mark Needham review: http://www.markhneedham.com/blog/2008/09/05/the-productive-programmer-book-review/
10. DevSource review: http://www.devsource.com/c/a/Architecture/Book-Review-The-Productive-Programmer-by-Neal-Ford/