Bookshelf

I believe that continuing education is fundamental in all disciplines, and that this is especially true in the IT field, where evolution and innovation is fast. So here are a few books which I think may help.

The books I refer to in this section are all on my bookshelves. I hope that, should you read them, you'll find them as interesting as I do.

Java2 Enterprise Edition

• Dudney, B. and J. Lehr
  Jakarta Pitfalls
  Wiley, 2003
  ISBN: 0-471-44915-6
  (See book description on Amazon.com)
  
• The O'Reilly Java Authors
  Java Enterprise Best Practices
  O'Reilly, 2002
  ISBN: 0-596-00384-6
  (See book description on Amazon.com)
  
• Burke, M. and B. Coyner
  Java Extreme Programming Cookbook
  O'Reilly, 2003
  ISBN: 0-596-00387-0
  (See book description on Amazon.com)

Java2 Standard Edition

• Bloch, J.
  Effective Java ? Programming Language Guide
  Addison-Wesley, 2004
  ISBN: 0-201-31005-8
  (A must. See book description on Amazon.com)
  
• Eckel, B.
  Thinking in Java, 3rd ed.
  Prentice Hall, 2002
  ISBN: 0-131-00287-2
  (The best-seller. See book description on Amazon.com)

Design of Enterprise Applications

• Fowler, M. et al.
  Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture
  Addison-Wesley, 2003
  ISBN: 0-321-12742-0
  (A must. See book description on Amazon.com. Book home on the Web is here)
  
• Alur, D., J. Crupi and D. Malks
  Core J2EE Patterns, 2^nd ed.
  Prentice Hall, 2004
  ISBN: 0-13-142246-4
  (See book description on Amazon.com)
  
• Dudney, B. et al.
  J2EE AntiPatterns
  Wiley, 2003
  ISBN: 0-471-14615-3
  (See book description on Amazon.com)
  
• Evans, E.
  Domain-Driven Design
  Addison-Wesley, 2004
  ISBN: 0-321-12521-5
  (See book description on Amazon.com)

Design, Patterns and Methodologies

• Gamma, E. et al.
  Design Patterns
  Addison-Wesley, 1994
  ISBN: 0-201-63361-2
  (The "Gang of Four" (GOF) book. A must. See book description on Amazon.com)
  
• Metsker, S. J.
  Design Patterns Java Workbook
  Addison-Wesley, 2002
  ISBN: 0-201-74397-3
  (See book description on Amazon.com)
  
• Fowler, M.
  UML Distilled, 3rd ed.
  Addison-Wesley, 2003
  ISBN: 0-321-19368-7
  (A must. See book description on Amazon.com)
  
• Fowler, M. et al.
  Refactoring
  Addison-Wesley, 1999
  ISBN: 0-201-48567-2
  (A must. See book description on Amazon.com)
  
• Wake, W.
  Refactoring Workbook
  Addison-Wesley, 2003
  ISBN: 0-321-10929-5
  (A good companion to "Refactoring" by Fowler, especially for Java programmers. See book description on Amazon.com)

On Projects and People

• Cockburn, A.
  Agile Software Development
  Addison-Wesley, 2002
  ISBN: 0-201-69969-9
  (A must. See book description on Amazon.com)
  
• Beck, K.
  Extreme Programming Explained
  Addison-Wesley, 1999
  ISBN: 0-201-61641-6
  (A must if you are into XP. See book description on Amazon.com)
  
• DeMarco, T. and T. Lister
  Peopleware, 2nd ed.
  Dorset House, 1999
  ISBN: 0-932-63343-9
  (See book description on Amazon.com)
  
• McBreen, P.
  Software Craftmanship
  Addison-Wesley, 2002
  ISBN: 0-201-73386-2
  (See book description on Amazon.com)
  
• Weinberg, G. M.
  The Psychology of Computer Programming - Silver Anniversary Edition
  Dorset House, 1998
  ISBN: 0-932-63342-0
  (See book description on Amazon.com)
  
• DeMarco, T.
  Slack
  Broadway, 2002
  ISBN: 0-767-90769-8
  (See book description on Amazon.com)

On the Practice of Consulting

• Weinberg, G. M.
  The Secrets of Consulting
  Dorset House, 1986
  ISBN: 0-932-63301-3
  (A must. See book description on Amazon.com)
  
• Weinberg, G. M.
  More Secrets of Consulting
  Dorset House, 2001
  ISBN: 0-932-63352-8
  (See book description on Amazon.com)