SOFTWARE ENGINEERING READING LIST

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TITLE
AUTHOR
ISBN
...My comments.  
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Software Engineering: A Practitioner's Approach
Pressman, Roger S.  0-07-050783-X
...The authoritative book on s/w engring, don't have it in my library, but want it.
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Mythical Man Month, The
Brooks, Fredrick S. Jr.
...A real world view of development,  an absolute must read!!!
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Decline and Fall of the American Programmer
Ed Yourdin  0-13-203670-3
...Going into S/W?   A must read.
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Information Systems for Modern Management
Murdick,Robert G. / Ross,Joel E. / 
         Claggett,James R.     0-13-464736-X
...The text used at  U.of Maryland for Systems Management ('80) - excellent.

Modern Structured Analysis
Yourdon, Edward   0-13-598624-9
...Excellent book covering structured analysis.
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UNIX for Dummies
John Levine & Young/Levine 
...VERY enjoyable reading.  Good background on UNIX.  Highly recommend to any of my  students.  John even responds to email questions.
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UNIX in a Nutshell
Gilly, Daniel  1-56592-001-5
...THE UNIX Reference book.  A must own.  Used by Boeing  Off-Hours.
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A Practical Guide to the UNIX System
Sobell, Mark G. 0-8053-7365-1
...Primarily for SunOS & BSD environment, good descriptions, illustrations & reference.  Using this text for Boeing Off-Hours UNIX  Class.   Lots of details.
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Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment
Stevens, W. Richard  0-201-56317-7
...Used this in Systems Prgmming course for Boeing.  Pgms available 
from FTP site.  Stevens even replies to e-mail.  Excellent text.  
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Using C on the UNIX System
Curry, David A.  0-937175-23-4
...small O'Reilly book. Very detailed.
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Learning the vi Editor
Lamb, Linda  0-937175-67-6
...use this to teach vi, fair reference.  Used by Boeing Off-Hours.
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Korn Shell Programming Tutorial
Rosenberg, Barry  0-201-56324-X
...excellent book on the Korn shell.  Used by Boeing Off-Hours.
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C:Step-by-Step
A Waite Group Book
...Used by Boeing OFF-HOURS Intro to C.  Excellent book.  Very readable.
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The Making of Microsoft
Ichbiah, Daniel  1-55958-071-2
...interesting history, good reading. 
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Essential Client/Server Survival Guide
Orfali, Robert / Harkey, Dan / 
       Edwards, Jeri  0-442-01941-6
..."Your guide to the new world", so says the title to Chapter 1.  Lots of good illustrations and explanations.  A must.
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