Clean code that works--now. This is the seeming contradiction that lies behind much of the pain of programming. Test-driven development replies to this contradiction with a paradox--test the program before you writ...

This book takes a single line of code--the extremely concise BASIC program for the Commodore 64 inscribed in the title--and uses it as a lens through which to consider the phenomenon of creative computing and the way ...

This is undoubtedly one of the most important books of the twentieth century, and if you accept its thesis you won't be able to look at the political milieu in the same way ever again. (If you agree with it and it doe...

PCMania was a long-lived Spanish computer magazine. Unlike other magazines at the time, they covered a vast number of fields related to PCs such as gaming, technology previews, programming tutorials, etc. They also he...

Few books on software project management have been as influential and timeless as The Mythical Man-Month. With a blend of software engineering facts and thought-provoking opinions, Fred Brooks offers insight for anyon...

Cover Story p.30 The Apple Macintosh Computer [author Gregg Williams] The firm that brought forth the Lisa now offers mouse-window-desktop technology in an under-$2500 system. p.58 An Interview: The Macintosh Design T...