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by Laurent Parenteau

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2010-09-03 :: Laurent Parenteau // reviews
Book Review : Manage It!

In Manage It! Your Guide to Modern, Pragmatic Project Management, Johanna Rothman gives you all the possibles techniques and practices that you can use to successfully manage a project.  She isn’t dogmatic about any of them, or about any life cycle; she simply gives you the advantages and disadvantages of each one, indicates when they [...]

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2010-03-10 :: Laurent Parenteau // tips & tricks
Two For One!

I’m not talking about The Skatalites song, but about two great tools you can use (and should use) when developing software for Linux : Valgrind and strace. For those who don’t know Valgrind, well, it’s never too late (as discovered by Intel’s Ylian Saint-Hilaire).  Valgrind is a framework for building dynamic analysis tools.  It came [...]

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2010-02-27 :: Laurent Parenteau // reviews
Book Review : Applying UML and Patterns

In Applying UML and Patterns: An Introduction to Object-Oriented Analysis and Design and Iterative Development, Craig Larman discuss many topics.  In fact, he covers pretty much all aspects of software development such as use cases, object-oriented analysis, agile and iterative development, architecture, design patterns, UML, and domain modeling.  He doesn’t only touch those subjects; he [...]

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2010-02-17 :: Laurent Parenteau // reviews
Book Review : Micro-ISV From Vision to Reality

In Micro-ISV : From Vision to Reality, Bob Walsh discuss the startup of an independant software business.  This books target software developers who want to start their own independent software business.  Even if it was written in 2006, its still quite an interesting read.  Like in his more recent book The Web Startup Success Guide, [...]

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