During the past 10 years, Will Tracz has written more than a dozen "Confessions of a Used Program Salesman" articles. In this book, Tracz expands on these experiences in the reuse trenches from the viewpoint of the "used program salesman". Tracz provides unique insight into the problems of software reuse and the factors that have inhibited its acceptance as a viable form of software development.

Regarding the controversial and thought-provoking assessments in this handbook, many software professionals might disagree with the authors, but all will embrace the debate. Glass identifies many of the key problems hampering success in this field. Each fact is supported by insightful discussion and detailed references.

Perkins, a former chief economist at a Boston strategic-consulting firm, confesses he was an "economic hit man" for 10 years, helping U.S. intelligence agencies and multinationals cajole and blackmail foreign leaders into serving U.S. foreign policy and awarding lucrative contracts to American business.

This book contains the final reports of the workshops held during the 22nd European Conference on Object-Oriented Programming, ECOOP 2008, in Paphos, Cyprus, in July 2008. The 11 collected reports from high-quality workshops - provided by the respective organizers - all are related to selected aspects in the field of object-oriented programming and technology. The topics covered span areas related to object-oriented programming and technology, such as programming languages, aspects, parallel computing, formal techniques, software engineering, tools, and applications.

McClure takes software reuse beyond "good intentions", by presenting specific reuse techniques that have repeatedly helped companies lower costs and improve quality.

Project managers, technical leads, and Windows programmers throughout the industry share an important concern--how to get their development schedules under control. Rapid Development addresses that concern head-on with philosophy, techniques, and tools that help shrink and control development schedules and keep projects moving. The style is friendly and conversational--and the content is impressive.

The long awaited fifth volume in a collection of key practices for pattern languages and design.