This is a selection of essays from the author's Web site, http://www.joelonsoftware.com. Joel Spolsky started the web log in March 2000 in order to offer his insights, based on years of experience, on how to improve the world of programming. His extraordinary writing skills, technical knowledge, and caustic wit have made him a programming guru. This log has become infamous among the programming world, and is linked to more than 600 other websites and translated into 30+ languages!

This book covers every imaginable aspect of software programming, from the best way to write code to the best way to design an office in which to write code. The book will relate to all software programmers (Microsoft and Open Source), anyone interested in furthering their knowledge of programming, or anyone trying to manage a programmer. Spolsky will be writing an introduction for the book.

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Craftsmanship.- Finding an Office in New York City.- Getting Things Done When You're Only a Grunt.- Command and Conquer and the Herd of Coconuts.- Fire and Motion.- Microsoft Goes Bonkers.- The Law of Leaky Abstractions.- Nothing is as Simple as it Seems.- Fixing Venture Capital.- The Joel Test: 12 Steps to Better Code.- Two Stories.- More on Sabbaticals.- The Iceberg Secret Revealed.- Top Five (Wrong) Reasons You Don't Have Testers.- Things You Should Never Do.- Where Do These People Get Their (Unoriginal) Ideas?- In Defense of Not-Invented-Here Syndrome.- Ben and Jerry's vs. Amazon.- Chicken and Egg Problems.