Software Craftmanship ─ The New Imperative

Presents an alternative approach to both programmer and software development that challenges the current dominant theories of software engineering. Rather than supporting large training and accreditation organizations, software craftsmanship suggests apprenticeship as a better way to help programmers master their craft. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Pete McBreen is an independent consultant who actually enjoys writing and delivering software. Despite spending a lot of time writing, teaching, and mentoring, he goes out of his way to ensure that he does hands-on coding on a live project every year. Pete specializes in finding creative solutions to the problems that software developers face. After many years of working on formal and informal process improvement initiatives, he took a sideways look at the problem and realized, “Software development is meant to be fun. If it isn’t, the process is wrong.” Pete lives in Cochrane, Alberta, Canada and has no plans to move back to a big city.

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