Building Software

Master AI coding tools to ship software faster while securing your engineering career against rapid industry automation. Whether you are upskilling during your morning commute or deep in a remote development sprint, this focused guide cuts through the noise to deliver pragmatic solutions...

Unlock the Secrets to Managing Software Development! Building Better Software provides clear, actionable insights to help you lead your teams more effectively, ensuring that the software your team creates is well-designed, robust, and thoroughly tested. Author Martin J. Fenelon breaks down the complexities of software development into simple, actionable steps that project managers can follow, no matter their technical background. Discover how to guide your team confidently through every phase of the project lifecycle, regardless of delivery methodology. Learn how to identify warning signs, ...

Stop learning to code. Start learning to Vibe. Have you ever had a brilliant idea for an app, only to be stopped by the "Technical Wall"? You have the vision and the business logic, but you don’t have the months of free time required to master Python, JavaScript, or React. The game has changed. Welcome to the era of Vibe Coding. In Vibe Coding 101, N.J. Parker reveals how to turn Google AI Studio into your personal elite engineering team. This isn't about "prompt engineering" or simple chatbots. This is about a new paradigm of software creation where your natural language is the source ...

A startup executive and investor draws on expertise developed at the premier venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz and as an executive at Uber to address how tech’s most successful products have solved the dreaded ""cold start problem”—by leveraging network effects to launch and scale...

GenAI is fundamentally changing the world of software development like nothing since the internet. Vibe Coding is a first-of-its-kind, groundbreaking book that shows developers how to embrace this new frontier. Science fiction is now reality. Programmers no longer need to toil over code and syntax. They can now describe what they want and watch it materialize instantly. Welcome to the future—Vibe Coding.

Living Patterns: Christopher Alexander and the Power of Pattern Language in Design is a compelling exploration of one of the most influential architectural thinkers of the modern era. Christopher Alexander’s groundbreaking work on pattern language transformed not only architecture but also urban planning, community design, and even software development. This book offers readers an accessible yet in-depth introduction to his vision of creating environments that are not only functional and beautiful but truly alive. From his early writings in Notes on the Synthesis of Form to his ...

Mastering Quality Assurance" is a comprehensive guide that equips readers with the knowledge and skills needed to excel in the field of software testing and quality engineering. This book provides a step-by-step journey through the entire QA process, covering key concepts, methodologies, tools, and best practices. From test planning and execution to defect management and test automation, this book offers practical insights and real-world examples to help readers deliver high-quality software products. Whether you're a seasoned QA professional or new to the field, "Mastering Quality ...

The software engineering landscape has changed forever. Are you building with the speed of an entire engineering team, or are you still coding like it's 2024? In 2026, the elite developers aren't just writing code anymore—they are orchestrating autonomous systems. Anthropic's Claude Code has shattered the traditional IDE paradigm, moving AI from a passive chatbot to an active, terminal-integrated, self-correcting engineering agent. If you are not leveraging this shift, you are operating at a massive competitive disadvantage. The Claude Code Black Book is the definitive, highly practical ...

Attention all aspiring entrepreneurs and small business owners! Are you ready to take your bookkeeping skills to the next level? Look no further than "From Scratch to Success," the ultimate guide to building and growing your own bookkeeping business. In this comprehensive eBook, you'll learn everything you need to know to start and manage your very own bookkeeping service. From understanding the importance of bookkeeping to assessing your own qualifications, researching your market, and developing a solid business plan, every step of the process is covered in detail. We'll show you how to ...

How will software development and operations have to change to meet the sustainability and green needs of the planet? And what does that imply for development organizations? In this eye-opening book, Anne Currie, Sarah Hsu, and Sara Bergman provide a unique overview of this topic—discussing everything from the likely evolution of national grids to the effect those changes will have on the day-to-day lives of developers.

DevOps is more than a collection of tools. It is a practical approach to helping teams deliver software faster, more reliably, and with greater confidence. A Quick Guide to DevOps for IT Professionals explains the essential practices, culture, security principles, and measurements behind modern software delivery—without overwhelming you with unnecessary complexity. Written for developers, system administrators, infrastructure professionals, QA engineers, technology leaders, and anyone working alongside a DevOps team, this accessible guide connects the technical and organizational sides of...

In Modern Software Engineering, continuous delivery pioneer David Farley helps software professionals think about their work more effectively, manage it more successfully, and genuinely improve the quality of their applications, their lives, and the lives of their colleagues.

Every major shift in computing changes who can create. The command line invited specialists. Graphical interfaces widened participation. The web turned publishing into a global capability. AI-powered application building is the next expansion: it allows more people to translate knowledge, imagination, and operational insight into working software. That promise deserves enthusiasm, but also discipline. A generated interface can appear complete before the data model, permissions, edge cases, and operating responsibilities have been resolved. The central argument of this book is therefore ...

What if your software development process could think, adapt, and collaborate like a seasoned team? With Claude CodeMind Agents, you can harness the power of Claude’s innovative AI framework to transform how developers, testers, and writers work together. This comprehensive, hands-on guide introduces you to building modular, intelligent multi-agent systems using Claude’s capabilities, creating AI-driven workflows that understand roles, automate tasks, and scale effortlessly across software teams. Written under the pen name Yuan Zhu, this book is your blueprint for creating Claude-...

“Andrew Blum plunges into the unseen but real ether of the Internet in a journey both compelling and profound….You will never open an email in quite the same way again.” —Tom Vanderbilt, New York Times bestselling author of Traffic In Tubes, Andrew Blum, a correspondent at Wired magazine...

Most products don’t fail at launch. They fail in the thinking that comes before it. Every year, teams spend months building products nobody needs, launching features nobody finds, and shipping roadmaps nobody trusts. The Art of Building Products is the playbook for doing it differently, written by a product and program leader for everyone who builds: product managers, engineers, designers, founders, and the people who run the work. No theory for theory’s sake. Every chapter opens with a real situation: the context, the numbers that mattered, and why it played out the way it did. Then it...

Master AI coding tools to accelerate software development and future-proof your tech career against automation. Perfect for focused learning during your morning commute, this pragmatic guide acts as your senior mentor. Whether you are debugging stubborn issues late at night or upskilling for a...

"Vibe Coding: The Art of Building Software with AI" is a definitive, industry-centric manual designed to teach modern software engineering through the lens of artificial intelligence. As the technology sector rapidly evolves, traditional methods of typing every line of code by hand are becoming obsolete. This book is a detailed, 10-chapter masterclass on how to use AI to design, build, and deploy software applications practically and efficiently. This book is your practical toolkit for the modern era of software engineering. It guarantees that by the final page, you will possess the precise...

Written with the verve of such works as The Big Short, The History of the Future, and The Spider Network, here is the fascinating, true story of the rise of Ethereum, the second-biggest digital asset in the world, the growth of cryptocurrency, and the future of the internet as we know it...

"Building Applications using AI Agents" is a comprehensive, practical, and hands-on guide designed to take you from a foundational understanding of Artificial Intelligence to a state of proficiency where you can architect, develop, and deploy sophisticated AI agent-based applications. This book is engineered to be your single-stop resource, whether you are a student taking your first steps into AI or a seasoned developer looking to master the next frontier of software development. Philosophy The core philosophy of this book is "Learn by Building." Abstract theory, while important, can only ...